Creating a knockout recipe takes a lot of trial and error. But once you nail it, everyone wants a taste?which is why Holger Breuer at HB-Custom keeps cooking up juicy Honda Dominator customs like this one.
Holger’s first go at the revered Honda NX650 Dominator was a stripped-down scrambler that was commissioned by a client. Next, he took his favorite ideas from the first build, refined them, and built a second Dominator as a showpiece. It was a hit, and he’s now getting more requests for builds in that style.

HB-Custom is based in the maritime town of Husum in Germany, but this order came from a client much further south, in Switzerland. Enamored with the style of the two previous Dominators, he was happy for Holger to source a donor and run with it. Holger found a 1994-model NX650 that ticked all the right boxes, and hauled it into his workshop.

As an added bonus, it was already fitted with 17? wheels?something that he would have changed anyway to suit the scrambler-slash-supermoto vibe he does so well. So he simply added a set of Continental TKC80 tires, for the right balance of dirt and asphalt grip.
Later model Dominators came stock with Brembo brakes, so there was no need to upgrade those either. On the suspension side, Holger rebuilt the stock forks, and installed a fresh YSS shock at the back.

The engine needed love though, so Holger tore into it with a complete rebuild. It now has fresh piston rings, valves, a new timing chain and bearings, and a...