Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[shreyas.ka92]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread


Hi guys, I just want to share my mod on my dominar.
I have fixed the AS200 visor with clamps and here is a how to video,

After riding for 3500 kms with this mod, I must say : A very good and cheaper alternative to expensive ones like sahyadri and lluvia industries.

The windblast protection depends on the angle the visor is mounted and it depends on a person's height.
I am around 5.10" to 5.11 "
The wind protection is exactly till my forehead, Ad after wearing a helmet, Even that will be aerodynamically reduced.

Hope you guys will like the mod !

Below is the link

[sushruts]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi all,

this is my first post here

Last week I got delivery of matt black Dominar. Bike is fantastic. Took couple of rides in Pune and bike was at 472 km. so gave it for servicing in wagholi. I

I hear some noise from front wheel.It feels as if break shoes are rubbing. I was told all Dominar face the problem and it should go away before second servicing.

Is it really the case ?

[deepDmnr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi all,

this is my first post here

Last week I got delivery of matt black Dominar. Bike is fantastic. Took couple of rides in Pune and bike was at 472 km. so gave it for servicing in wagholi. I

I hear some noise from front wheel.It feels as if break shoes are rubbing. I was told all Dominar face the problem and it should go away before second servicing.

Is it really the case ?

I get a weird squeaky noise at turns or bump roads. Usually goes away on straight good roads. I have been told it's the plastic bushing on the front wheels.
Tilt the bike on side stand towards left side and have someone spin the front wheel. If it is the brakes, you will hear them.

[sushruts]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

I get a weird squeaky noise at turns or bump roads. Usually goes away on straight good roads. I have been told it's the plastic bushing on the front wheels.
Tilt the bike on side stand towards left side and have someone spin the front wheel. If it is the brakes, you will hear them.

Can hear that noise after spinning front wheel. So it appears to be breaks.

any solution? I took motorcycle to Authorised service center. But noise has not changed much. Rather I was told it will go away by 2000 km. Hence thought of checking with community here.
Is it common?

[deepDmnr]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Can hear that noise after spinning front wheel. So it appears to be breaks.

any solution? I took motorcycle to Authorised service center. But noise has not changed much. Rather I was told it will go away by 2000 km. Hence thought of checking with community here.
Is it common?

Yes and no. My earlier bike would do that. I was told the same thing. The brake pads will wear out till they no longer touch the rotor and the noise stops.
So if it's a light hiss and wheel spins freely. Don't worry. If it feels like there is friction and the wheel comes to an abrupt stop, they need to dismount brake callupers and check if the brake pistons are not stuck.
HTH

[sushruts]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Yes and no. My earlier bike would do that. I was told the same thing. The brake pads will wear out till they no longer touch the rotor and the noise stops.
So if it's a light hiss and wheel spins freely. Don't worry. If it feels like there is friction and the wheel comes to an abrupt stop, they need to dismount brake callupers and check if the brake pistons are not stuck.
HTH

Wow! This forum is amazingly fast
Thank you DeepDmnr. I appreciate your help.

Its not coming to abrupt stop. will ignore for now.


BTW,
Is there group of riders in Pune?

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Can hear that noise after spinning front wheel. So it appears to be breaks.

any solution? I took motorcycle to Authorised service center. But noise has not changed much. Rather I was told it will go away by 2000 km. Hence thought of checking with community here.
Is it common?

This is normal friction sound associated with disk breaks as in disk setup one pad is in contact with the rotor thus it make sound.
And congrats on the new bike but u didn't post any pics , bhai u got matt black and no pics very unfair.[emoji12] [emoji12] [emoji12] [emoji12]

[MidnightEvil Parth]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys like you don't own one or doesn't try to understand facts, simply goes on doubting and call the bike unreliable!

People are even doing some offroading with dominar, still hasn't faced any issues!

Same with the RS200, there was no alloy breaking issue on the bike and people went on blaming bajaj.
Stupid people aren't matured enough to understand the fact that, RS uses same alloys from NS, which didn't had any issues.
People who hate bajaj are simply [emoji5] [emoji5] [emoji5] [emoji4] [emoji1] [emoji1] [emoji12] when they hear if something is wrong with a bajaj may be just on a single piece and can be a false info too.
Mods, sorry for OT!

Bajaj haters are everywhere.

[D4004]

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What you said is not exactly right. I would suggest you can experiment on any bike.
in under 5000 kms, You will hear the tak tak noise from rocker arms, In about 15000 kms, You will have broken rocker arms and after about 20000 kms, You will have fried Valves and most probably blow by happening.

What ever the inlet technology be, Carb or FI, All 4 stroke engines work in same way and principles.
So any issue happening on a carb bike, the FI biek will have same or atleast similar outcomes and vice versa.
Personal experience with my own P220f, P180, friend's R15 V2 ( this engine is bullet proof, so it lasted more that 50000 kms before the valves were changed) and a 1st gen ZMR ( good engine, Lasted for well over 30k before showing any symptoms)

All the bikes had some or the other free flow exhaust mods.
to be frank, Bajaj engines are not so much refined as the yamaha or honda for that matter and tend to wear very quickly

What i mean to say is, There are adverse affects, We might not see it immediately, but will definitely see it sometime later.

In all honesty [MENTION=84073]shreyas.ka92[/MENTION] the exhaust system of any vehicle or machine, may it be a bike, car, truck, locomotive or even a mighty ship, serves the one major purpose of getting rid of the waste products after internal combustion that occurs. If you were to simply remove the exhaust system and re-map the bike, it will work perfectly.

My uncle is one of the chief technicians for Renault in Paris and I had this discussion quite a while back with him and he told me, each engine they create is made to run on it's own without any other body parts or other systems in place like the brakes, exhaust, etc.

It's just the engine block that is made to run day in and out without any breaks to test the engine life by running to an equivalent of say 5,00,000 kms on road. The engine is connected to an ecu that replicates an average person's driving needs by changing gears and raising and lowering the engine RPM automatically. They literally strain the engine to it's breaking point.

He also went ahead to tell me, every manufacturer is supposed to this each time they create a completely new engine or even if they make minor tweaks to it. It generally takes between 6 months to a year depending on how much the manufacturer wants to test the engine until they are satisfied.

So yes, I still stand quite firmly by by point in saying whether the exhaust system is an added extra to the motorcycle, just like it's braking system and chasis.

Just think about it, before the exhaust system is connected, the engine is remapped to accommodate the exhaust. If you were to remove it, you would be required to re-map it back to original pre factory operations.

Last but not the least, I still agree with you and almost everyone else, that the exhaust system must not be removed or tampered with just for mere cosmetic satisfaction.

[shreyas.ka92]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

In all honesty [MENTION=84073]shreyas.ka92[/MENTION] the exhaust system of any vehicle or machine, may it be a bike, car, truck, locomotive or even a mighty ship, serves the one major purpose of getting rid of the waste products after internal combustion that occurs. If you were to simply remove the exhaust system and re-map the bike, it will work perfectly.

My uncle is one of the chief technicians for Renault in Paris and I had this discussion quite a while back with him and he told me, each engine they create is made to run on it's own without any other body parts or other systems in place like the brakes, exhaust, etc.

It's just the engine block that is made to run day in and out without any breaks to test the engine life by running to an equivalent of say 5,00,000 kms on road. The engine is connected to an ecu that replicates an average person's driving needs by changing gears and raising and lowering the engine RPM automatically. They literally strain the engine to it's breaking point.

He also went ahead to tell me, every manufacturer is supposed to this each time they create a completely new engine or even if they make minor tweaks to it. It generally takes between 6 months to a year depending on how much the manufacturer wants to test the engine until they are satisfied.

So yes, I still stand quite firmly by by point in saying whether the exhaust system is an added extra to the motorcycle, just like it's braking system and chasis.

Just think about it, before the exhaust system is connected, the engine is remapped to accommodate the exhaust. If you were to remove it, you would be required to re-map it back to original pre factory operations.

Last but not the least, I still agree with you and almost everyone else, that the exhaust system must not be removed or tampered with just for mere cosmetic satisfaction.

Yep, to your point I partially agree.
Remapping is a process where most of the local technicians and mechanics don't know.
So people end up not remapping and fitting extra or non stock parts.
And I agree all the points done with the Renault or any international car brands for that matter.
Car engines can take a lot more abuse than a single cylinder bike engine.
And this being a bajaj , there is not much stringent testing done to the engine.
I'm not a bajaj hater by any chance, D400 is my 2nd bajaj bike I own after the legendary 220f.
And what I posted was my own experience and it may differ from person yo person as the riding styles are different.
Peace \/...

[Abhishekilke]

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https://www.rushlane.com/bajaj-dominar-alloy-break-12246364.html

Another case of alloy cracking.
Bajaj saying it is due to bike being abused, i cannot say they are wrong. I don't want to offend Bajaj owners but some people who buy their bikes are absolute c**ts, They don't maintain their bikes at all, In Pune i see atleast one c**t who performs stunts and has absolutely no care for their bike , Bajaj had issues 5 years ago but now they have improved the quality of their bikes by a mile! I am in no way associated with Bajaj but i too smell some bs.

[D4004]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Yep, to your point I partially agree.
Remapping is a process where most of the local technicians and mechanics don't know.
So people end up not remapping and fitting extra or non stock parts.
And I agree all the points done with the Renault or any international car brands for that matter.
Car engines can take a lot more abuse than a single cylinder bike engine.
And this being a bajaj , there is not much stringent testing done to the engine.
I'm not a bajaj hater by any chance, D400 is my 2nd bajaj bike I own after the legendary 220f.
And what I posted was my own experience and it may differ from person yo person as the riding styles are different.
Peace \/...

Cannot agree with you more 👍

[D4004]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

https://www.rushlane.com/bajaj-domin...-12246364.html

Another case of alloy cracking.
Bajaj saying it is due to bike being abused, i cannot say they are wrong. I don't want to offend Bajaj owners but some people who buy their bikes are absolute c**ts, They don't maintain their bikes at all, In Pune i see atleast one c**t who performs stunts and has absolutely no care for their bike , Bajaj had issues 5 years ago but now they have improved the quality of their bikes by a mile! I am in no way associated with Bajaj but i too smell some bs.

Thanks for the update Bud. I was quite worried about taking anyone pillion after reading the initial post.

If only we could have a quality control check to prevent squids from ever getting their hands on damaging the reputation of brands such as our Dominar, the world would definitely be a better place 😛

[Ravishankar]

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I want to remove the exhaust and ride the bike with that underbelly only.Will that lead to any problem with my engine.

You can do that, and it will not hamper engine performance. The Cat con is not in the end can actually. it is in the under belly Box. So there wont be any difference in back pressure or Running the engine with improper AF ration.But Removing the end can will increase the noise pollution and its illegal. Even changing a headlight bulb other then the OE spec is illegal as per our Indian Motor Vehicle Act.

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Hi guys today I bought tank cover for my dominator.....it cost 300rs

But Why? I feel it looks like a pulsar after you put a tank cover. I agree it has many utility purposes, But spoils the look of the Bike. Its my opinion only.

[bipin565]

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Hi,

Can I know from where in Mumbai I can get the crash guards and frame sliders for my dominar. Can I get the contact no and also I possible can somebody tell me the appropriate price for the same.
Thanks ,
B.