Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[Harrisoncool]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

It's been 3 days and I have ridden 250 k so far. Initially I thought of using shell V power but unfortunately from the showroom the bunk is far, so on the way I filled up HP POWER. My question is can I mix up between power,speed and Xtra premium or is there any difference? Definitely after first service I will change to shell😉

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I dont think D400 demand for preimium fuel, unleaded fuel should do. In most bunks, they sell the unleaded petrol as preimium ones. So why waste extra bucks on liter of petrol?

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[Somesh1902]

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Hello riders,
Recently updated the ecu of my bike , my bike was from the first batch. Updated now because the showroom guy was saying that your bike isn't the list but the issue of throttle lag was with my bike also, so after various visits of svc's in mumbai. I finally shoot a mail to bajaj and to not my surprise the showroom guy called me asking the reason why i had shoot an email to bajaj. But after that update it's like the whole bike is changed power delivery is so smooth now.

[krish_095]

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Hi guys
I just came home from a rainy ride, I have not even completed 1st service. The bike is pretty messy with lots of dirt. Should I do a water wash? If done should I have to lubricate the chain? Or shall I give the bike directly to 1st service. I have ridden around 250km. Please help me guys

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[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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Hi guys
I just came home from a rainy ride, I have not even completed 1st service. The bike is pretty messy with lots of dirt. Should I do a water wash? If done should I have to lubricate the chain? Or shall I give the bike directly to 1st service. I have ridden around 250km. Please help me guys

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Service so early is of no use, get it washed and if the chain gets dry , go to a meachnic and get it lubed , he will probably use greese or used oil on it. Get yourself a chain lube if you have high running .

[Lalzova]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi guys
I just came home from a rainy ride, I have not even completed 1st service. The bike is pretty messy with lots of dirt. Should I do a water wash? If done should I have to lubricate the chain? Or shall I give the bike directly to 1st service. I have ridden around 250km. Please help me guys

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Hi Krish,
Please clean your bike, oil your chain after you wipe dry the chain.
The first service is between 500-750km or 30-45days from the date of purchase whichever occurs earlier.If your oil is darkish brown or tending to blacken, you have to change the oil as during breakin period metal particles may get accumulated in the oil and this in the long run may affect your engine internals.
It is most advisable to change early. However, it is your choice if you would like to change the oil early or not.


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[Akash.Yadav]

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Service so early is of no use, get it washed and if the chain gets dry , go to a meachnic and get it lubed , he will probably use greese or used oil on it. Get yourself a chain lube if you have high running .

Just a tiny note. If grease or used engine oil is used to lube the chain - shout at the service center. They are supposed to use proper lubricant. Mustard oil or Parachute is also a lubricant but we'll never use it. Used engine oil comes in the same category.

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[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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Just a tiny note. If grease or used engine oil is used to lube the chain - shout at the service center. They are supposed to use proper lubricant. Mustard oil or Parachute is also a lubricant but we'll never use it. Used engine oil comes in the same category.

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Note taken [emoji23] but we are talking about a road side mechanic, not many use motul i guess [emoji12] this is only what they use, washing with soap will dry out the chain and he will need some lubrication , so its better than nothing.

[Lalzova]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Just a tiny note. If grease or used engine oil is used to lube the chain - shout at the service center. They are supposed to use proper lubricant. Mustard oil or Parachute is also a lubricant but we'll never use it. Used engine oil comes in the same category.

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For me new engine oil (for chain) is better in dusty or muddy roads. Earlier I used Motul and Loop, both are sticky/greasy and collects more dirt in the chain and have become quite thick, which took me more time during cleaning and relubrication.

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[Akash.Yadav]

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Note taken [emoji23] but we are talking about a road side mechanic, not many use motul i guess [emoji12] this is only what they use, washing with soap will dry out the chain and he will need some lubrication , so its better than nothing.

Hahaha. Yeah, that's true. But when it's a bike like Domi, one should forsake those extra Dairymilks or Jack Daniels for one shot of Motul.

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[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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For me new engine oil (for chain) is better in dusty or muddy roads. Earlier I used Motul and Loop, both are sticky/greasy and collects more dirt in the chain and have become quite thick, which took me more time during cleaning and relubrication.

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I haven't tried this, but might work with less viscous oil.

[Akash.Yadav]

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I haven't tried this, but might work with less viscous oil.

It might be easy to clean and looks OK from the glance, but our X-Ring or O-ring chains are OK with using engine oil for lubrication? Even I have a doubt now as to why use specialized lubricants and not engine oil for lubricating the chain? If that's for the manufacturers to extract money from us and misleading us to use specialized lubricants rather than the engine oil itself then it would be a nice to know fact.

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[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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It might be easy to clean and looks OK from the glance, but our X-Ring or O-ring chains are OK with using engine oil for lubrication? Even I have a doubt now as to why use specialized lubricants and not engine oil for lubricating the chain? If that's for the manufacturers to extract money from us and misleading us to use specialized lubricants rather than the engine oil itself then it would be a nice to know fact.

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Takimg a wild guess i would say , thats oils are different due to properties, they aren't juices , but just mixture of chemicals, made to be viscous and to sustain high temp and pressure, you dont need any of that on the chain , also what oil is greesing is just metal , but here the rings have sensitive rubber. Maybe its chemically mild , a perfect blend of viscousness, as it would fall off if its very thin and attract heat and dust if very thick , so just another thing , humans made just for the job.

[Akash.Yadav]

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Takimg a wild guess i would say , thats oils are different due to properties, they aren't juices , but just mixture of chemicals, made to be viscous and to sustain high temp and pressure, you dont need any of that on the chain , also what oil is greesing is just metal , but here the rings have sensitive rubber. Maybe its chemically mild , a perfect blend of viscousness, as it would fall off if its very thin and attract heat and dust if very thick , so just another thing , humans made just for the job.

That's precisely we should be using the specific tools and lubricants which are made for specific purposes. As I said earlier, Kacchi Ghani Ramdev Baba's mustard oil is also an oil and a thick lubricant. It's easy to clean using Vim Bar or Rin too. But we can't use it to lube the chain. 😂

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[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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That's precisely we should be using the specific tools and lubricants which are made for specific purposes. As I said earlier, Kacchi Ghani Ramdev Baba's mustard oil is also an oil and a thick lubricant. It's easy to clean using Vim Bar or Rin too. But we can't use it to lube the chain. [emoji23]

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Damn you man [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] i use motul, but you just can't go around telling people to invest 550 on a lube and another something on cleaner, after sometime when they observe they will get it.
And also i hate pitanjali so i know i won't be using that [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

[Akash.Yadav]

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Damn you man [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] i use motul, but you just can't go around telling people to invest 550 on a lube and another something on cleaner, after sometime when they observe they will get it.
And also i hate pitanjali so i know i won't be using that [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

😂😂😂
It's just that I don't understand sometimes that we are OK to get a 1.6+ lakh rupees bike home but not ready to invest in proper riding gear or regular maintenance equipments. That's something that gets on my nerves.
Off topic - Patanjali Honey is good though. 😂

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