Dust Pilgrim's 1992 Honda NX650 Dominator on a mountain track
1988—2003 · RD02 / RD08

Honda
NX650
Dominator.

Every year. Every code. No recycled mythology.

The archive

One machine.
Four eras.

The Dominator looks simple until you try to date one. Model code, frame, country, colour and registration can tell different stories. This archive keeps them separate.

Pages for 1988–2000 follow documented European Honda catalogue years. 2001–2003 are treated as market-dependent sales or registration years, not invented revisions.

Model-year index

Find your year.

Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1988
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650JRD02Japan
The original slim-body RD02

1988

NX650J · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1989
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650KRD02Japan
The original slim-body RD02

1989

NX650K · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1990
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650L / NX6502LRD02Japan
The original slim-body RD02

1990

NX650L / NX6502L · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1991
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650MRD02Japan
The original slim-body RD02

1991

NX650M · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1992
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650NRD02Japan
The touring-body Japanese RD02

1992

NX650N · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1993
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650PRD02Japan
The touring-body Japanese RD02

1993

NX650P · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1994
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650RRD02Japan
The touring-body Japanese RD02

1994

NX650R · RD02

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1995
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650SRD08Italy
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

1995

NX650S · RD08

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1996
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650TRD08 / RD08AItaly
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

1996

NX650T · RD08 / RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1997
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650VRD08AItaly
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

1997

NX650V · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1998
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650WRD08AItaly
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

1998

NX650W · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1999
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650XRD08AItaly
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

1999

NX650X · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
2000
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650XRD08AItaly
The Italian RD08 / RD08A

2000

NX650X · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
2001
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650X carry-overRD08AItaly / market stock
Late market carry-over

2001

NX650X carry-over · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
2002
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650X carry-overRD08AItaly / market stock
Late market carry-over

2002

NX650X carry-over · RD08A

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Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
2003
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650X carry-overRD08AMarket-dependent
Late market carry-over

2003

NX650X carry-over · RD08A

Open year file →
1992 · NX650N

The Dust Pilgrim bike.

Not a catalogue bike—the 1992 Dominator currently being prepared to cross continents.

See the expedition build
Red Honda NX650 Dominator archive reference motorcycle
1992
NX650 archive reference · year data below
NX650NRD02Japan
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