Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Booked my Dominar moon white today. Delivery is tomorrow so excited !!! 😍

Congratulations bhai. I am going to pick one from the lot today evening. [emoji41] [emoji7]

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Try Cbr 250 abs if you want smooth life. Or good old karizma. Spare parts are issue through.

Cbr is not that smooth Mojo beats it in that department it is almost vibe free till 120 where as cbr starts vibing near 100, same for fz. But mojo lacks the dynamics of d400 it has limitations due to its frame and chassis.

[Raman Swaminathan]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Try Cbr 250 abs if you want smooth life. Or good old karizma. Spare parts are issue through.

Thanks for the suggestion, I happened to ride Mojo in a trip (very smooth) I wish I can make my Dominar bit smooth close to that. I know both are different segment, just the greed in my mind. But to mention Mojo guy was really impressed with the power delivery and the cornering capability of Dominar. Cheers to that .

Hi,

If you want a bike which is more smoother consider Mojo, excelent for touring and very smooth engine. If security is your concern you can wait until ABS version comes. For me Hornet vibration is very negligible. If you're coming from Apache then I think you really gonna fall in love with the Honda engine.

Hello, yes. Please expect vibes. If less vibes is your priority, you might want to consider below 150CC bikes. Honda's are known for impeccable, refined and frugal engines.
You can also consider fz25 if you must switch. but it also has some vibes in top end. So basically a hornet or unicorn will be a good deal but not an upgrade.

[SAK007]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Congratulations bhai. I am going to pick one from the lot today evening. [emoji41] [emoji7]

Which colour bhai ?

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Congratulations bhai. I am going to pick one from the lot today evening. [emoji41] [emoji7]

Which colour bhai ?

[xearoum]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Congratulations bhai. I am going to pick one from the lot today evening. [emoji41] [emoji7]

You are supposed to inspect the bike in broad day light. It is easy to miss scratches and paint issues in low light.

[drvmtm]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Bike was getting a bit hot. Just a bit. May be due to rising ambient temperature. Checked the coolant level and saw it was down so poured a bit of wurth coolant and water. Checkked out the engine oil and needed some pour. Motul 7100 came in to help. Now ready to do daily chores again.

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

What is that rear wheel lift off thing? Do you have pictures?

Fairing also adds more weight on the front tyre, other than that more weight on front end means the rear becomes lighter on a full faired bike.
And RS200 has RLP - Rear wheel Lift of Protection too, so no issue of rear tyre lifting up.

[emoji106]
Cheers.

Aditya and leech, TVS Apache is the only bike in the Indian motorcycle scene to offer a RLP with ABS which is nothing but a small gyro sensor in the ABS unit that detects the position of the vehicle and then releases the brakes if it finds the front brakes are locked and the vehicle body position is off at a certain angle. And no, the RS 200 doesn't come with RLP as such. It's just a normal setup.

Bikes with switchable ABS, meaning turning ABS on and off can do wheelies since the ABS is completely turned off, the ECU has no control over the hydraulics of the brakes. But in constant non-switch-off-able ABS like the 200 the wheel is in constant motion and any unduly body roll will result in the ABS Unit decreasing power to the front wheel brakes which means no high speed stoppies, unless you can scrwe

Go for SMK twister helmet. Its really good in terms of high speed stability. Wind noise is very less and only above 110 or 120 kmph you will observe some humming noises that's all.
Best thing is it comes with pinlock 30 antifog visor pre-installed and believe me its really helps a lot as I am telling this from personal experience.
Price is around 4300rs.
I have tried the MT and LS2 also but it has a better fitting and have a much wider viewing area.
And looks really really awesome..

Do post your experiences of this helmet in depth, with crisp photos and your review in the dedicated helmets thread. This helmet needs some proper reviewing as this is a new kid on the block though we have some odd posts of this here and there.

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universal-threads/4790-helmets.html

Fuse box

Forgive me posting this picture here. Did the fuse box read "LIGHTNING" does the bike come with LIGHTNING arrester or what.
Jokes apart, I think this little attention to detail would help manufacturers go a long way, and the manuals are an even more farce. But, just for sake of gags, this picture is quoted.

Cheers!
VJ

[IamAditya]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Aditya and leech, TVS Apache is the only bike in the Indian motorcycle scene to offer a RLP with ABS
Cheers!
VJ

must make sure yourself,
Bosch said that RS200 have RLP.
Thats why the bike is equipped with Sensor and ring on rear wheel.

Please go through this link-

http://www.bikesindia.org/reviews/single-channel-anti-lock-braking-system-abs-in-motorcycles.html

Otherwise when you jam the front brake at 100Kmph, what would happen if the RLP is not present.



[emoji106] Cheers.

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys, I had been to the showroom today to pick one from the lot. But I decided against the only plum ABS version they had. The odo read 28km and the brake lights didn't function properly upon engaging the rear brakes. The sales person said that they need to test the bike of such big capacity to ensure that it's functioning properly and blah blah. Long story short I have asked them to fetch me another one by this month end. I hope they don't a grudge against me... Fingers crossed 😕

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Which colour bhai ?

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Which colour bhai ?

I have chosen the Twilight Plum ones

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

You are supposed to inspect the bike in broad day light. It is easy to miss scratches and paint issues in low light.

Yes I agree with you but being a Quality Engineer myself I carry a torch magnifier myself. I inspected that one bike today for nearly half an hour to the salesperson utter dismay and at the end rejected it. [emoji38] [emoji38]

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Yes I agree with you but being a Quality Engineer myself I carry a torch magnifier myself. I inspected that one bike today for nearly half an hour to the salesperson utter dismay and at the end rejected it. [emoji38] [emoji38]

U did the right thing 28kms on odo on fresh bike is not good. Shoot a mail to bajaj about it it should be under 10kms. I picked from 4 bikes back in jan , all have around 8 or 9 kms but the one i picked had 12kms on odo but i felt the thing properly and everything was good , had a small ride in their premises and picked it .

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

U did the right thing 28kms on odo on fresh bike is not good. Shoot a mail to bajaj about it it should be under 10kms. I picked from 4 bikes back in jan , all have around 8 or 9 kms but the one i picked had 12kms on odo but i felt the thing properly and everything was good , had a small ride in their premises and picked it .

I am definitely going to write about it. So that the rest of the brotherhood too gets fresh clean bikes... [emoji4]

[Chetak.Jr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Congratulations bhai. I am going to pick one from the lot today evening. [emoji41] [emoji7]

Bhaaaaaai... Did you get your delivery today?? [emoji7] [emoji7] [emoji7] [emoji7] [emoji7]

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Single Channel Anti-Lock Braking System In Motorcycles » BikesIndia.org

Otherwise when you jam the front brake at 100Kmph, what would happen if the RLP is not present.

[emoji106] Cheers.

You're very right about the the way it works. Let me clear it for you Aditya. When you brake at 100 KMPH, or grab a handful as you mentioned. You won't be thrown off with an ABS fitted motorcycle, for the most part. You people grabbing from 100+ plus kays and the bike absolutely screeches yet comes to a halt without fuss. If it were the case with normal motorcycle yes, would would be thrown off in no time.

Just because it has a sensor at the rear doesn't mean it has an RLP. Let me explain in little details how it works. Say for example, with the RS 200 single channel abs WITHOUT a rear wheel sensor, the ABS should be totally useless. How will the ABS ECU know if the wheel is locked if only the front wheel had the sensor? Let me take your example, 100 KMPH panic brake, front wheel locks, how will the countermeasure of unlocking the wheel will be done by the hydraulic unit if the only wheel with the sensor is locked without having other input to know that the bike is actually moving? That is where the rear wheel comes, see here is how it works; you panic brake, front locks the rear keeps spinning, ECU detects front wheel is locked since the rear wheel is moving more than the front, and instantly reduces the front brake pressure. You got the point now? RLP is just using additional gyro sensor with the ABS unit and also the gyro sensor will check if the bike is in level with the ground and not imbalanced.

So, in short there isn't a dedicated RLP gyro as such, it's just the plain way how ABS works. This is how all ABS works. You can do a stoppie in an RS less than the ABS sensor actuation speed, in case of the RS 200 it's 6 KMPH or 10 KMPH I guess you can try that, and the bike would stoppie with no problems. Go above 6 and 10 and try doing a wheelie, you'd know it'd be pretty much difficult, because it's the humble ABS doing its work.

Cheers!
VJ