Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[nikhn]

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After a lot of tussle between two bikes, Dominar and Fz25, I finally went ahead with Dominar 400 ABS plum red.

Congrats on the new bike. Welcome to the Dominar club.

That's surprising. I thought that the plum red was not being manufactured. Are you sure that the bike is from new stock?

[neeljinwala]

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Congrats on the new bike. Welcome to the Dominar club.

That's surprising. I thought that the plum red was not being manufactured. Are you sure that the bike is from new stock?

Yes.
So the speedo is at software version 2.1. There was that SW2.1 sticker on the speedo plastic film. I didnt rev it yet to 5500 rpm to check.
The front disc has a plastic protective cover over it like what the discover 100 used to have. I think they introduced it in new lot.

Also the delivery challan had vehicle details like chassis and engine number and there was another column with manufacturing date where it was mentioned 13 Oct 2017. I don’t have the challan right now as it was to be submitted for collecting vehicle.

Also i checked the VIN number where the last 5 digits indicate the number of chassis produced before this vehicle or it is like the N th chassis of the manufacturing plant.
A matte black dominar for display in the showroom had this number less than the one i picked up.

So all these points are leading me that it is a bike from new lot. Vijay said that the company has again started producing it because of its demand mainly in southern India.

[nikhn]

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Yes.
So the speedo is at software version 2.1. There was that SW2.1 sticker on the speedo plastic film. I didnt rev it yet to 5500 rpm to check.
The front disc has a plastic protective cover over it like what the discover 100 used to have. I think they introduced it in new lot.

Also the delivery challan had vehicle details like chassis and engine number and there was another column with manufacturing date where it was mentioned 13 Oct 2017. I don’t have the challan right now as it was to be submitted for collecting vehicle.

Also i checked the VIN number where the last 5 digits indicate the number of chassis produced before this vehicle or it is like the N th chassis of the manufacturing plant.
A matte black dominar for display in the showroom had this number less than the one i picked up.

So all these points are leading me that it is a bike from new lot. Vijay said that the company has again started producing it because of its demand mainly in southern India.

That's great to hear. Plum looks really good in sunlight with all that glitter.
Could you please post a picture of that disc cover? Was that removed or is it still on the bike? I would like to see it.

[neeljinwala]

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That's great to hear. Plum looks really good in sunlight with all that glitter.
Could you please post a picture of that disc cover? Was that removed or is it still on the bike? I would like to see it.

It is still attached and planning to keep it as is.
I will post once i hop on the bike.

[neeljinwala]

Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

That's great to hear. Plum looks really good in sunlight with all that glitter.
Could you please post a picture of that disc cover? Was that removed or is it still on the bike? I would like to see it.

Here it is. I had few pics clicked earlier when i was selecting the bike in godown.

These are from my selected bike:




If you can see the black plastic piece over the front callipers (My Bad, not exactly like the discover 100. Discover had the covering which covers almost upper half of the disc)

Notice there isn’t anything on the showroom matte black display piece. Not sure if they removed or that batch was devoid of it.

[nikhn]

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Here it is. I had few pics clicked earlier when i was selecting the bike in godown.

These are from my selected bike:
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If you can see the black plastic piece over the front callipers (My Bad, not exactly like the discover 100. Discover had the covering which covers almost upper half of the brakes)

Notice there isn’t anything on the showroom matte black display piece. Not sure if they removed or that batch was devoid of it.

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Yeah I think it's there just for protection during transport. Thanks anyways.

[kris123456]

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Yes it does and by the colour of it i don't think there coolant mixing happening. It gets milky or coffee type when coolant is mixing.
I have seen this bubble thing in many bikes including ktms and res.
Had a chat with bajaj official area engineer on the this topic and colour getting dark. Got same reply from him too.

Fir bhi getting a professional second opinion won't hurt.

Bro, Fully agree with you.
But you missed one point. The bike has run just 250Kms and didn't even go for first service.

He must have started the bike and clicked these photos and uploaded here, so forming bubbles was abnormal, i think. assuming very minor amount of mixup.

The Milky thing in oil does happen, but for that, it takes ~50Kms or so riding and more percentage of coolant in oil. in this case, the bike is new and hasn't done 300Kms in Total, so said, better get it checked. to ensure, no such thing happening.
Hoping everything would be fine and this isn't an issue at all.

[jagaddjag]

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Bro, Fully agree with you.
But you missed one point. The bike has run just 250Kms and didn't even go for first service.

He must have started the bike and clicked these photos and uploaded here, so forming bubbles was abnormal, i think. assuming very minor amount of mixup.

The Milky thing in oil does happen, but for that, it takes ~50Kms or so riding and more percentage of coolant in oil. in this case, the bike is new and hasn't done 300Kms in Total, so said, better get it checked. to ensure, no such thing happening.
Hoping everything would be fine and this isn't an issue at all.

Yes, the bike odo reads 260 now. initially I couldnt see any engine oil through the glass window before I start the bike. So i ridden around 10 kms and stopped my bike (no running engine) to see the warm engine oil level. There I find these bubbles in engine oil but with in 5mins or so bubbles in engine oil got disappeared. But once I start the bike bubbles reappeared. Checked with trusted mechanic, he mentioned that itz normal behaviour of factory filled oil

and the collant level remains same from the day 1 ( from 1 km in odo).

[Cruisemonk]

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Yes, the bike odo reads 260 now. initially I couldnt see any engine oil through the glass window before I start the bike. So i ridden around 10 kms and stopped my bike (no running engine) to see the warm engine oil level. There I find these bubbles in engine oil but with in 5mins or so bubbles in engine oil got disappeared. But once I start the bike bubbles reappeared. Checked with trusted mechanic, he mentioned that itz normal behaviour of factory filled oil

and the collant level remains same from the day 1 ( from 1 km in odo).

Immediately after the ride bubbles will be there as the lubrication is done by splashing of oil on components

[Indivar]

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Yes, the bike odo reads 260 now. initially I couldnt see any engine oil through the glass window before I start the bike. So i ridden around 10 kms and stopped my bike (no running engine) to see the warm engine oil level. There I find these bubbles in engine oil but with in 5mins or so bubbles in engine oil got disappeared. But once I start the bike bubbles reappeared. Checked with trusted mechanic, he mentioned that itz normal behaviour of factory filled oil

and the collant level remains same from the day 1 ( from 1 km in odo).

As ijs bhai and others have mentioned, the bubbles are absolutely normal , not just for factory oil, but for any oil. If you look closely through the window, you will see the bubbles gradually disappearing. Try it, its fun

[Abhishek Bhat]

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It has only been 3 months and there is rust developing in between the gaps present in the engine
Is it normal and happening for anybody else or is it just my bike?
and will it be a problem of some sort in the future?

[jagaddjag]

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I dont think it is a rust. Btw pic from 10 days old bike

[Hiteshb]

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I dont think it is a rust. Btw pic from 10 days old bike

Right, That is not rust but engine Gasket.
It is normal- some portion stays outwards.

[INDYAN]

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A month back I purchased dominar without abs as that is the only piece available to my near showroom... Well completed 430 kms and waiting for first service.
I observed that the rpm of engine remain constant even after leave the accelerator, and it take more time than other as I experienced in my previous pulsar 180.

It is normal or do I need to tell this to service center. Another thing I wanted to know weather it is possible to put abs on my domi or abs not come separately.

[bsvikram]

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Yes, the bike odo reads 260 now. initially I couldnt see any engine oil through the glass window before I start the bike. So i ridden around 10 kms and stopped my bike (no running engine) to see the warm engine oil level. There I find these bubbles in engine oil but with in 5mins or so bubbles in engine oil got disappeared. But once I start the bike bubbles reappeared. Checked with trusted mechanic, he mentioned that itz normal behaviour of factory filled oil

and the collant level remains same from the day 1 ( from 1 km in odo).

I'm having the same issue, the oil level gauge shows engine oil to be low and often got bubble after riding. I took the bike to the service center and got the engine oil removed to check the quantity and it had exactly 1.5 ltrs.
(I don't have a pic of oil with bubbles, sorry :P)