Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[xearoum]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

You mean your Dominar vibrates a lot after 4000 rpm?

For me, it is intolerable. No, I am not comparing it with unicorn.

[Ghostfreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

I am actually surprised that you can ride dominar above 4k. It feels like brand new splendor running at 120kmph.

Exactly... Above 4k rpm my hand goes numb...a weird sensation starts feeling in legs...
Yesterday i pushed it and i felt it less but it was there.. The vibrations..

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Exactly... Above 4k rpm my hand goes numb...a weird sensation starts feeling in legs...
Yesterday i pushed it and i felt it less but it was there.. The vibrations..

The buzz is felt more in the 85 to 100 range and once crossing 100kmph it is kowers down. But i have heard from owners who got more services done that it has reduced considerably.

[Ghostfreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

The buzz is felt more in the 85 to 100 range and once crossing 100kmph it is kowers down. But i have heard from owners who got more services done that it has reduced considerably.

My bike has undergone it's first service as of now... Yesterday i pushed it a little... And yes you don't feel buzz past 100kmph but it is still there..as my hands did went numb n so after the ride... Just my observation

[benz]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

My bike has undergone it's first service as of now... Yesterday i pushed it a little... And yes you don't feel buzz past 100kmph but it is still there..as my hands did went numb n so after the ride... Just my observation

You should get you bike checked then. I do not feel any vibration that will numb my hands. My pulsar 180 had more vibration.

Tighten all the nuts and bolts and oil the chain.

[Ghostfreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

You should get you bike checked then. I do not feel any vibration that will numb my hands. My pulsar 180 had more vibration.

Tighten all the nuts and bolts and oil the chain.

At speeds of 80-100 rvm vibrate a lot making them almost useless. Do you have this problem?

[benz]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

At speeds of 80-100 rvm vibrate a lot making them almost useless. Do you have this problem?

Nope. I get little vibration in 1st to 3rd grear at 4k RPM. At higher gear and higher speed it's smooth.

[Mayankisme]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

I am actually surprised that you can ride dominar above 4k. It feels like brand new splendor running at 120kmph.

I am quite suprised by that statement! The same 373cc engine works very smoothly for me. Albeit in a different frame. Probably due to RBW.

[siva1001]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

You are referrrring to KTM which is a high compression engine with DOHC and produces 8 more horses. Bajaj has done a fair job of taming the beast of an engine to suit the cruisers character. But the downgrade to SOHC could be causing the vibes (just a speculation). Because what I have observed is that in DOHC engines the secondary Cams take over at higher rpms and vibes suddenly reduce when this happens. They could have retained the DOHC configuration in place of two extra spark plugs.. my 2 cents.

[xearoum]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Nope. I get little vibration in 1st to 3rd grear at 4k RPM. At higher gear and higher speed it's smooth.

My reason to buy dominar was high performance commuter. Quick acceleration within 3k-6k RPM was my expectation. Test ride got me all excited and there was no waiting too. Now you'll see why I am really really frustrated. My commute is strictly 3-4k. Deliberately running in higher gears to keep higher speed with lowest RPM. Service guys says, bada engine hai Sir. Vibrations toh hoga hi(big capacity motor will vibrate). And when questioned about the test bike, he says let your bike run for 5000kms. It will also become smooth. I mean, its such a nice bike.. effective and safe. Power is there but just not usable. That's making me mad.

[I Ride Alone]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

The buzz is felt more in the 85 to 100 range and once crossing 100kmph it is kowers down. But i have heard from owners who got more services done that it has reduced considerably.

The run-in also makes a difference. I noticed that the vibrations were noticeable at 70+ KMs during the 1K Run-in. Now at 1500 Kms, the vibrations are noticeable only at 80+ Kms. Hoping to see the 80+ Kms vibrations reduce after the 2K run-in period.

[leech]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=90442]xearoum[/MENTION] - practice riding the bike at high rpms. It gets a bit difficult to control at first, but eventually, it gets fun.

[I Ride Alone]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=90442]xearoum[/MENTION] - practice riding the bike at high rpms. It gets a bit difficult to control at first, but eventually, it gets fun.

Good point...most of us are moving from lower cc bikes. Riding style also needs to adjust to Dominar.

Let's give it some time, say 5k KMs and see the feedback.

[xearoum]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Good point...most of us are moving from lower cc bikes. Riding style also needs to adjust to Dominar.

Let's give it some time, say 5k KMs and see the feedback.

Thanks leech/I ride alone. With enormous number of kilometres under my belt, I can safely say that higher RPM even on 600cc+ has never been an issue. However, I consider myself a safe rider who likes to commute smoothly. Dominar is just not letting me.

[shrikantspillai]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Good point...most of us are moving from lower cc bikes. Riding style also needs to adjust to Dominar.

Let's give it some time, say 5k KMs and see the feedback.

I have done more than 4200km and now the bike feels more smooth and negligible vibrations ...except for a few loose nut bolts :-)