The sequel is seldom as good as the original movie, but the opposite is usually true with custom motorcycles. Taking another crack at a particular platform or genre is a golden opportunity to fine-tune your recipe, or try new things. And if you need proof, Holger Breuer’s latest project offers compelling evidence.
It’s based on the venerable Honda NX650 Dominator?and like the Dominator Holger built roughly a year ago, it’s a street scrambler with supermoto underpinnings. The two bikes are quite clearly cast from the same mold, but this new iteration is laden with subtle differences that make it shine just a little bit brighter.

Holger, who operates as HB-Custom from his workshop in Husum, Germany, built the first Honda for a customer. But this one was a house build, and a chance to tailor every last detail to his own taste. ?I decided to build the bike based on my own ideas and thoughts,? he says. ?The response to my last NX built was so positive, that I decided to go this way. I am quite sure that I will find a customer for the bike?the first offers are already there.?

Holger started with a 1988-model donor, and almost immediately ran into problems when he discovered a crack in the frame. He managed to find another NX650 frame from the same year, but this one had a leak in the integrated oil reservoir. ?This problem I could fix on my own,? he quips.
With the frame transplanted sorted, Holger moved onto the next issue: the bike wasn’t running t...