Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[Andy_kristine]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Are the USD forks on this bike SFF? Seperate functioning?

[J_ARTLY]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi,
I am having dominar ug 19 model purchased Aug 19. Recently i have ordered simtac ug 19 model flasher with 9 pin connector. But when i opened head light unit to install i found it to be 6 pin connector as in 18 model. Does anyone faced same issue. I m in doubt that how 19 version can have connector with 6 pins. Please clarify. Thanks

[jayant.jayant]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

All depends upon your riding style, speed, which gear you are riding at.Highways relaxed cruising gives superb FE for dominar that i can vouch for.
Regular city rides gives around 30-33kmpl.I have achieved around 41kmpl on highway runs from ahmedabad to rajasthan with speed around 80-90.

Wow. The FE readings you have got are amazing.

[jayant.jayant]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Yes ofcourse. You should only ride your bike based on your comfort levels... Not based on the others'
Safe riding!

Thanks will surely keep that in mind.

[jayant.jayant]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Usable tank range for Dominar is 10ltrs you need to leave around 3 ltr for the fuel pump goes for most fuel injection Motorcycles. With a controlled right hand i use to do 350 kms on 10 little bit more bit less (300kms is easy) , with fast riding it drops to 280kms. Within city it use to give constant 24.8kmpl on highway the worst was 26kmpl where i was riding very fast.
Staying till 120kph with a modulating throttle and gradual acceleration would give best mileage.
Mine was first lot 2017 one of the very first delivered in Delhi.

Agreed. I normally top up my fuel tank once I start getting the low fuel level indication. Just once I have been to belgaum from Goa via choral ghat and back . I got a FE around 32kmpl. I was happy with what I got. That too before the 1st free service. Hopefully I get to ride on a longer trip.

[Vijay Thacker]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

All depends upon your riding style, speed, which gear you are riding at.Highways relaxed cruising gives superb FE for dominar that i can vouch for.
Regular city rides gives around 30-33kmpl.I have achieved around 41kmpl on highway runs from ahmedabad to rajasthan with speed around 80-90.

[sanjeet286]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Yes ofcourse. You should only ride your bike based on your comfort levels... Not based on the others'
Safe riding!

yes. Haven't been much on good national highway stretches. Max I could touch is 109 kmph.
Thanks for helping me in clearing my doubt about the range.

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hmmm.. Very interesting speeds for a 400cc bike
On a serious note, I have never got those mileage no's and hence can't comment, but most of the BGL riders get anywhere between 25-30 kmpl of fuel, so that's a range of around 325kms+ for a 13ltr tank.

yes. Haven't been much on good national highway stretches. Max I could touch is 109 kmph.
Thanks for helping me in clearing my doubt about the range.

Usable tank range for Dominar is 10ltrs you need to leave around 3 ltr for the fuel pump goes for most fuel injection Motorcycles. With a controlled right hand i use to do 350 kms on 10 little bit more bit less (300kms is easy) , with fast riding it drops to 280kms. Within city it use to give constant 24.8kmpl on highway the worst was 26kmpl where i was riding very fast.
Staying till 120kph with a modulating throttle and gradual acceleration would give best mileage.
Mine was first lot 2017 one of the very first delivered in Delhi.

[jayant.jayant]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hmmm.. Very interesting speeds for a 400cc bike
On a serious note, I have never got those mileage no's and hence can't comment, but most of the BGL riders get anywhere between 25-30 kmpl of fuel, so that's a range of around 325kms+ for a 13ltr tank.

yes. Haven't been much on good national highway stretches. Max I could touch is 109 kmph.
Thanks for helping me in clearing my doubt about the range.

[sanjeet286]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hmmm.. Very interesting speeds for a 400cc bike
On a serious note, I have never got those mileage no's and hence can't comment, but most of the BGL riders get anywhere between 25-30 kmpl of fuel, so that's a range of around 325kms+ for a 13ltr tank.

I normally ride between the speeds of 65 - 75 kmph . My trips are short about 12- 15 km one way and 50 km 2 way trip sometimes.
My fuel efficiency also varies from 27kmpl to 29.5 kmpl depending in city (full tank to full tank)
But, the range not crossing 350 - 360 km has been happening recently from past 5 full tanks including twice after 3rd free service.

[jayant.jayant]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

These full tank nos are unbelievable even if you considered using the full 13ltr capacity for 360kms, that's about 27kmpl.. I generally get only about 23-25 with mostly city riding. Range of 395+ is outstanding.. What speeds do you generally ride at?

I normally ride between the speeds of 65 - 75 kmph . My trips are short about 12- 15 km one way and 50 km 2 way trip sometimes.
My fuel efficiency also varies from 27kmpl to 29.5 kmpl depending in city (full tank to full tank)
But, the range not crossing 350 - 360 km has been happening recently from past 5 full tanks including twice after 3rd free service.

[sanjeet286]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

These full tank nos are unbelievable even if you considered using the full 13ltr capacity for 360kms, that's about 27kmpl.. I generally get only about 23-25 with mostly city riding. Range of 395+ is outstanding.. What speeds do you generally ride at?

Hi Everyone,

2. Fuel Tank range - From past 4 , full tank , my km range is not going above 350 - 360 Kms. Earlier on full tank I was getting a Range between 395km to 411km. What could be the issue.


Thanks
Jayant

[kiran2508]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Meanwhile, can you guess the source of squeaking? It presents only under acceleration, irrespective of speed and gearing. Someone had mentioned on this thread that their front sprocket had a rubber lining dislodged and rubbing against chain, I checked the front sprocket, that's not the case.

Two things,
1) Check the chain adjusters on LH and RH, that both are aligned exactly at the same marking point, and wheel is perfectly straight when seen from eye level " || ", if the adjuster are of not aligned perfectly your wheel will run at an offset angle like this " \\ " or " // " and create the squeaking.
2) Change the wheel rubber damper(No.17 Part number in the below pic), if they are worn out are cracked the same thing could also bet the culprit for the sound.

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=89004]Ijs[/MENTION]

I cleaned the muck around the front sprocket, there was a lot of it. Though I don't understand how exactly is that the reason for squeaking?

Kindly look at the pics, I am not sure whether the slider is loose or not. But you can definitely see the scratches/marks on the spacer where the chain is rubbing on it, in the 2nd pic.

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This is the top spacer, looks too close to the chain, I guess the chain constantly rubs on it. There is around 4-5 mm gap between it and the swingarm, it's not evident from the pic due to the angle.
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Slider is ok and is not lose , to measure chain slack you have to use a ruler or a scale and u need to measure it from the bottom at the mid point of the chain. Top part would rest or touch the slider and it is ok slider is there to prevent the chain to kiss the swingarm. Here is the link of video on chain slack I made on Interceptor it would give you the idea the process is same. You can also search for Dominar specific video Dipen has made one if I remember correctly.

https://youtu.be/RJGmNdK-n-w

[arya809]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=89004]Ijs[/MENTION]

I cleaned the muck around the front sprocket, there was a lot of it. Though I don't understand how exactly is that the reason for squeaking?

Kindly look at the pics, I am not sure whether the slider is loose or not. But you can definitely see the scratches/marks on the spacer where the chain is rubbing on it, in the 2nd pic.





This is the top spacer, looks too close to the chain, I guess the chain constantly rubs on it. There is around 4-5 mm gap between it and the swingarm, it's not evident from the pic due to the angle.