Any Honda Dominator NX650 owners out there ?

[Skapegoat]

Originally Posted by Aramidos

Trying to upload some pics of my bike. Dont have any url adress to my pics. Have them in my computer and ipad. I suck at this. Any ideas??

Set up a photo bucket account and use the URL they give you when you upload your phoþos.

[Aramidos]

Originally Posted by Skapegoat

Set up a photo bucket account and use the URL they give you when you upload your phoþos.

Thanks!

Tuned it with a acerbis fueltank. Just ordered a arrow paris dakar exhaust, so will rejetting it soon.... Any tipps on how?

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[scrambler66]

has anyone seen an official Honda parts catalogue for the 1993 (and later) Dominator? There is some crucial information in there that the online parts lists of the vendors are missing (concerning the oil pump)

[Bounder]

Originally Posted by scrambler66

has anyone seen an official Honda parts catalogue for the 1993 (and later) Dominator? There is some crucial information in there that the online parts lists of the vendors are missing (concerning the oil pump)

Funny I have never seen one for the later Model Dominators, I have one for the first RD02 ( Arai MX-Pro on cover) but thats all I have seen.
What is the difference between the later model ones and the later model XR650L oil pump?

[rabbitears]

Hello inmates

Thank you for posting such useful info on the Dominator throughout this thread. I'm just getting into motorbiking (have had scooters and stuff when younger) and am looking around for a simple, rugged, road and trail capable bike and so the Dominator looks like something I ought to be looking into.

I have an appointment on Saturday morning to go and have a look at a 1993 Dominator with 80,000 kilometres (I'm in Sydney, Australia, so we use both kilometres and English here ) on the clock. From what I can tell from the ad, it looks in reasonable but not concours condition (which is fine). The seller says that there is just one minor problem with the bike: when the engine is hot, the countershaft sprocket will leak 5/6 drops of oil. The seller says that it's been like that for the last decade. As the problem has never got worse, he has never bothered to fix it and it doesn't affect the bike's operation.

My question is simple: is this a common problem on Dominators? And if so is a simple fix that anyone here is aware of?

Thanks in advance for all your help and apologies if anything is unclear - I'm still a newb to motorcycles (although I will have a friend who has 30+ years on motorbikes with me on the day when I go to inspect the bike).

[Bell driver]

@Aramidos
http://www.4strokes.com/tech/honda/xr650lcarbmods/

[scrambler66]

Originally Posted by Bounder

Funny I have never seen one for the later Model Dominators, I have one for the first RD02 ( Arai MX-Pro on cover) but thats all I have seen.
What is the difference between the later model ones and the later model XR650L oil pump?

There were a couple of changes concerning the oil pump, since there had been lots of problems with damaged camshafts/rocker arms due to oil deficiencies. Honda reacted by introducing oil seals at the pump shaft during the 1988 production (I got this info from a 1992 parts catalogue).

1993 the pump body itself got reinforcements to minimize oil – leaking. Whereas the XR650/600 kept that pump 15100-MY6-670 until the last year of build, the evolution went forward with the Dominator: in 1995 or 1996 a pump with a thicker rotor of pump A (which pumps the oil into the frame reservoir) was introduced.

There are some discussions when this pump actually appeared first, the parts catalogue should clarify this. It’s also not clear whether the pump 15100-MAN-690 has oil seals or not, in online parts catalogues the seals are still listed, but all used pumps I have seen so far did not have those seals.

[Aramidos]

Originally Posted by Bell driver

@Aramidos
http://www.4strokes.com/tech/honda/xr650lcarbmods/

Thats great ! But how about the jets? Any guidelines?

[Bell driver]

It's all in the article, you didn't read it carefully.

[Aramidos]

Originally Posted by Bell driver

It's all in the article, you didn't read it carefully.

Oh... Looked lika ads at first... Big thanks !

[FLICKIT]

Originally Posted by rabbitears

Hello inmates

there is just one minor problem with the bike: when the engine is hot, the countershaft sprocket will leak 5/6 drops of oil. The seller says that it's been like that for the last decade. As the problem has never got worse, he has never bothered to fix it and it doesn't affect the bike's operation.

My question is simple: is this a common problem on Dominators? And if so is a simple fix that anyone here is aware of?

Thanks in advance for all your help and apologies if anything is unclear - I'm still a newb to motorcycles (although I will have a friend who has 30+ years on motorbikes with me on the day when I go to inspect the bike).

Welcome to the forum :)

The counter shaft seal is cheap and easy to replace, mine was leaking a bit so I replaced it, it wasn't actually dripping, but a little oil goes a long way when the wind spreads it...

To change it, remove the sprocket, drill 2 small holes into the seal, put 2 screws into the holes, pry it out... From memory I grabbed the 2 screws with a pair of pliers on each, then just pulled it out...

:)

Edit:
The same method is detailed here:
http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/CounterShaftSealFAQ.htm

[FLICKIT]

There's a big tank for a late model Dominator on ebay Australia at the moment ;)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayIS...m=281043299942

(I have no connection to the seller)

[rabbitears]

Originally Posted by FLICKIT

The counter shaft seal is cheap and easy to replace...The same method is detailed here:
http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/CounterShaftSealFAQ.htm

That's good news! Thanks for the advice and the welcome, Flickit.

[Dirtstar1]

Hi guys. I'm selling my nx650, it's totally loaded with all the cool options. If you know anybody that can't live without one then send then my way. And yes, that is the elusive acerbis 6 gallon tank! Lol

Ryan

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/mcy/3507092461.html

[dstriffler]

Originally Posted by Dirtstar1

Hi guys. I'm selling my nx650, it's totally loaded with all the cool options. If you know anybody that can't live without one then send then my way. And yes, that is the elusive acerbis 6 gallon tank! Lol

Ryan

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/mcy/3507092461.html

I saw in the ad that you had the original gas tank as well. Would you be willing to sell it separately?