Any Honda Dominator NX650 owners out there ?

[MCmad]

Originally Posted by racetwins

Wow! LOTS of pictures!

My old dog has learned some new tricks.

With the spare supermoto wheel set it can change from (knobby) Clark Kent to "SUPERMOTO" in 20 ~ 30 mins.

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more pics http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/racetwins/

Lots of mods to suspension have made it a decent bike.

I have 2 Domis and there such twisty road weapons standard What happens to the handling when you fit those wheels

[racetwins]

Originally Posted by 800rider

I have 2 Domis and there such twisty road weapons standard What happens to the handling when you fit those wheels

You would like it.

In medium corners it feels just like a true sports-bike and really tight corners even better.

The front rim is a stock rear rim +$70 spokes from Buchanan.
The rear is a $60 Ebayer + spokes.

With sticky radial tires it is a lot of fun. The big surprise for me is it actually works off road....not so much in soft sand or mud but everything else is better than with the stock tires.

[ctp13]

88 NX 650 was blue Bed lined built a rack put on the knobbies new chain sprockets and went to DV days in Feb 08

almost ran out of gas on the way TO the racetrack . not good I had KLR's thought the tank was bigger than it is OOPS!!

SO I found an Acerbies Tank in Australia !

Who HO!! lots of gas now.

But sadly I was hit by an Illeagle while on my GS so no more riding fo me so it's up on FM now .

More pics one of right were I found out I was running out of Gas .

see: http://CTP13.smugmug.com/gallery/541...31170830_ANPWi

[goatroper]

This is model fuel tank you want for your 88 or 89 NX650. Ugly, yes?

This should be fun to watch!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NX-650-Acerbis...3286.m14.l1318

[springcreekrider]

I hope to have new ones here in the usa by the Middle of August!!!!

[AJ..]

I'm using DR650Djebel '93 model 25ltr tank...now my domi has got a new pair of modded exhaust...sounds tremendously great,better torque,but needs to be rejet...

[pickle]

A few pics of my little Dommie, she's off the road for a while, needs a bit of work.

[Pablo83]

$600 not running, no title. But it came with a box of extra parts

Then it turned out to be stolen but the owner never reported it so doing the VIN check was worthless. Anyway the owner gave it to me and I've done a little work on it since.

[fast*st]

Saw my Nixie back in 98-99, sitting in a friends garage in CA, dried up tires and a fat layer of dust. After prodding a few times he didn't seem interested in selling. A long while later, 2008, a friend mentions he bought Nixie, recalls my interest and is wondering if I'd like to pick up the tab. I jumped on the deal and dove in.

Almost exactly 1 week later while enjoying every sweet mile, young lass on the cell blows a stopsign and I t-bone her, at least I think so. Bike and I show signs that while flat on the ground with me half underneath, her tire drove over the triple clamp area. Young lass driving a 2006 Jeep while living in the housing projects. Still fighting the insurance, heh, I must be 8k in the hole by now and a few weeks ago was the 1 yr anniv.

Searched for months and months to round up all the parts, got the last headlight from the warehouse in Japan allegedly.

Fitted her up with Dunlop 606's and they hook pretty good all around though I need to give the carb a serious checkup. What a great bike though.

Questions:
I need an axle, will an XR250 axle fit? Also, looking at EBC's site, it shares a rotor with the XR650L. Has anyone swapped the rear to the euro disc brake? would that be XR parts as well?

Awesome thread of course

-Jason

98 NX650 - Nixie

[Assfault]

I have one as well here in the Springs Pablo83.
Is yours a runner yet? Let me know if it is and if so
a few guys I know went last weekend for a little trip
up Goldcamp, down Shelf to Canyon City, back up
Phantom and then back on Goldcamp. Very nice ride,
took about 4 easy hours.
See you around
Assfault

[AJ..]

here's my 2nd domi currently building her up.

[Pablo83]

Originally Posted by ASSFAULT

I have one as well here in the Springs Pablo83.
Is yours a runner yet? Let me know if it is and if so
a few guys I know went last weekend for a little trip
up Goldcamp, down Shelf to Canyon City, back up
Phantom and then back on Goldcamp. Very nice ride,
took about 4 easy hours.
See you around
Assfault

Mine was a runner until late yesterday. I ran up Rampart Range Road, Winding Stairs trail, Hotel Gulch, Manchester Creek, and I hit a big puddle on Signal Butte rd and the engine cut out. I thought it would fire up again when things dried out, but no luck. I had to hitchhike out with some grumpy old bow-hunter who complained about all the dirtbikes and quads scaring off his elk. Anyway, the bikes back home and will be running again soon.

I've done Goldcamp on the NX a couple if times and it was a lot of fun. I'd love to get down Shelf and Phantom as well. I'll be in touch when she's running again. There's another guy on this board (RaceTwins) who has an NX and he lives in Woodland Park as well. We'll have to get together some time.

[Merle O'Broham]

AJ, more about that fork brace, centerstand, and beak!!!

[arkangel]

Can you guys help me out? I am going to look at an 88 NX650 tommorow (I just sold my wonderful DRZ) and I had some questions..

I just moved back to the flatlands of NC, and the bike I have been riding is more of a woods machine. I sold it last night, and I was looking to find something inexpensive that would work for commuting and occassional dirt rides (nothing super advanced) I found an NX650, but I am not really sure what to offer the guy (it has 30k + miles but looks perfect) for it, and I am not sure if it is really what I need. I was looking for something a little newer, but the bike does look awesome, and I have read alot of good things about them so far. How do they compare to the more modern 600s.. (DR650.. KLR.. 2000ish)? Is it expensive to convert the rear drum to disk brakes? What is this bike worth? Thanks in advance!

JJ

[Pablo83]

Originally Posted by arkangel

Can you guys help me out? I am going to look at an 88 NX650 tommorow (I just sold my wonderful DRZ) and I had some questions..

Originally Posted by arkangel

I just moved back to the flatlands of NC, and the bike I have been riding is more of a woods machine. I sold it last night, and I was looking to find something inexpensive that would work for commuting and occassional dirt rides (nothing super advanced) I found an NX650, but I am not really sure what to offer the guy (it has 30k + miles but looks perfect) for it, and I am not sure if it is really what I need. I was looking for something a little newer, but the bike does look awesome, and I have read alot of good things about them so far. How do they compare to the more modern 600s.. (DR650.. KLR.. 2000ish)? Is it expensive to convert the rear drum to disk brakes? What is this bike worth? Thanks in advance!

JJ

Offer him $100. I doubt he'll take it, but it's worth a try. Blue book values on this bike aren't very acurate because they're a bit rare in the US. They're roughly worth the same as an older XR650L. $1400 would be a steal for an NX in good shape. Most likely you'll end up paying around $1800 and a mint one would be worth $2400 (at least in my neck of the woods).

The NX sounds perfect for what you want to do. It can be said that an NX is a slightly more street oriented version of the XR650L. It has the same engine. 2nd gear is slightly lower than the XR, but the others are all the same. Here are some specs:

Make	Year	Model	CC	Front travel	Rear Travel	Dry Weight	seat height	cooling
Honda	2008	XR650L	644	11.6	11	324	37	air
Suzuki	2007	dr650se	650	10.2	10.2	324	34.8	air/oil
Kawasaki	2006	KLR650	651	9.1	9.1	337	35	liquid
Honda	1988	NX650	644	8.7	7.7	335	34.3	air
Yamaha	1999	XT600e	600			344		air
BMW	1999	F650gs	650	8.26	8.26	390	34.25	liquid

rear disk brake conversion is easy if you can find an '87-'90 CBR600F Hurricane parts bike and you know a half decent welder. If I did it then so can you:



Now this NX has seen a lot of modification, so yours won't look like this.