Many Honda Dominator customs use the same template. Swap the fuel tank for something slimmer, trim the subframe and you’re halfway there. But there’s another way to go about it; lean into the Dominator’s adventure bike DNA to build a utilitarian scrambler.
That’s the path that the Hungarian workshop, Neuga, took with this 1994 Honda NX650 Dominator. Wrapped in muted finishes, and sporting an imposing stance, it has the look of a retro Baja 1000 race bike?albeit with an air of refinement.

?This build was an ‘in-house’ project, for one of our crew members,? says Neuga founder, Benedek Eszteri. ?It took about six months from teardown to finish. The idea was to have a bike as trustworthy as it gets?and we couldn?t think of a better donor than a Dominator.? ?The donor was in okay condition, but it was torn done completely, measured and rebuilt with everything replaced that had even slight wear. We wanted to have a double headlight and some carbon?that was the basic idea. Everything else took shape during the project… it was kind of freestyle.?

Neuga went deep, starting with a full engine rebuild. And we do mean full?there isn’t a single component that hasn’t been replaced or refurbished. It looks brand new on the outside too, with a fresh coat of heat resistant black paint punctuated by the polished fins and engine covers.
The guys also built the custom two-into-one (the single cylinder Dominator has two outlets) stainl...