Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

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Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello Everyone,

New to xBhp. I am in market for an upgrade from my current bike, Hornet 160. I really love everything Dominar has to offer. Planning to buy one soon. Is this bike still relevant? Any other options do I need to consider?

My main commute is to work everyday and occasional weekend rides.

Please provide me your valuable suggestions.

Thanks,
Jatin

Dominar is a VFM alternative for REs and Duke brothers. It is a relatively new model with excellent touring credentials and offers features still unmatched by many of its competitive models and hence very much relevant.
Competitive models include a range of models such as 1) Royal Enfield Classic/TB 350/500 2) RE Himalayan 3) Mahindra Mojo (none of the above models offer ABS even as an option ) 4) CBR250R 5) TVS Apache 310 and 6) Duke 200/390 brothers.
Only thing I will recommend you is to test ride and check if the weight is okay for you and if that’s not an issue, please go ahead and get your Dominar..

Cheers

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=90103]Usual suspect[/MENTION]
Your bike seems to be suffering from the power lag issue, could be coz of bad fuel, a choked airfilter or also some thing with throttle body. Go to your service center and aks them to change the af and clean the throttle body. And ecu reflash would also help in this case.
And since the summer is approaching , make a habit to open and close the tank twice a day or before moving to let the trapped hot air escape.
[MENTION=86595]vengalabdj[/MENTION]
What type of noise is it, and does it go away when you press the clutch or is it always remains.
How is the play in your clutch lever. Go to the service center and get the clutch adjustments done it would help.

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Mileage update did Delhi to Jaipur and Sambahr salt lake Delhi.
Total distance done 747kms, fuel consumed 20.30 liters. Effective fe 36.79kmpl.
Maximum speed on the trip was 145kmph average speed 95 to 100kmph.

Ps. City mileage is 26 to 28kmpl.

[vengalabdj]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=90103]Usual suspect[/MENTION]
Your bike seems to be suffering from the power lag issue, could be coz of bad fuel, a choked airfilter or also some thing with throttle body. Go to your service center and aks them to change the af and clean the throttle body. And ecu reflash would also help in this case.
And since the summer is approaching , make a habit to open and close the tank twice a day or before moving to let the trapped hot air escape.
[MENTION=86595]vengalabdj[/MENTION]
What type of noise is it, and does it go away when you press the clutch or is it always remains.
How is the play in your clutch lever. Go to the service center and get the clutch adjustments done it would help.

The noise is there regardless of anything else and is dependent on the RPM.

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[Vikramaditya]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello Everyone,

New to xBhp. I am in market for an upgrade from my current bike, Hornet 160. I really love everything Dominar has to offer. Planning to buy one soon. Is this bike still relevant? Any other options do I need to consider?

My main commute is to work everyday and occasional weekend rides.

Please provide me your valuable suggestions.

Thanks,
Jatin

Hi Jatin,

I have had the Dominar for exactly 364 days as of today, so I can shed light on the experience for you. I will be blunt, if you feel you will not be touring the highways a lot then the Dominar may not be what you should be looking at. Trust me on this. I use it nearly everyday and almost every weekend take it out to the highways, even for a short stint. It is on these highway stints that I get the feeling of "paisa vasool". Even with a pillion, this bike pulls like a locomotive on steroids. Hence its strength lies in higher revs and slightly higher speeds.

I agree that the bike has excellent torque in the low and mid range too, but somehow it feels more at ease north of 80 kmph with the scenery flying by. Its good in the city but absolutely fantastic on the highway. I was always clear why I was buying this bike. I knew I would be feeding it many kms on the highway. In the city its bulk though not a hard constraint, is definitely something which you may want to bear in mind.

Mumbai should have good rental services. I would advise you to rent this bike for a day and use it like you would in real life scenario. I think the best city slickers under 1.5 Lakhs are the FZ25 and the NS200 so if you feel that highway rides will be occasional, I would suggest you look at these as well. Please dont hesitate in asking for any more details you may want. I have just answered from my experience and feel of the bike over the past year.

[anwaykale]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi All,

A short update regarding two additions for My Dominar.
1. Installed a hazard light device which have around 50 patterns (though gonna use only 1 ). And its just a plug and play so no wire cutting and a straight fit,
2. Installed blind spot mirror on existing mirror and i have to say its very useful, bought it from Amazon.

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[MENTION=86595]vengalabdj[/MENTION] try to spot any lose bolt or screw or a washer these things can also make such noise.

[jatinpatel8]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Dominar is a VFM alternative for REs and Duke brothers. It is a relatively new model with excellent touring credentials and offers features still unmatched by many of its competitive models and hence very much relevant.
Competitive models include a range of models such as 1) Royal Enfield Classic/TB 350/500 2) RE Himalayan 3) Mahindra Mojo (none of the above models offer ABS even as an option ) 4) CBR250R 5) TVS Apache 310 and 6) Duke 200/390 brothers.
Only thing I will recommend you is to test ride and check if the weight is okay for you and if that’s not an issue, please go ahead and get your Dominar..

Cheers

Thank You for listing out all the options. I considered Mojo, Apache 310 and Duke but all are above 2L. Dominar was the only option under 2L. Planning for test ride this weekend. Let's see how it goes. Also I ride with my wife/pillion most of the times. So that is also 1 factor. I have ridden my current bike Hornet 10,000km in 1 year, out of which she would have accompanied me in at least 6-7000km . She loves traveling on motorcycle.

Hi Jatin,

I have had the Dominar for exactly 364 days as of today, so I can shed light on the experience for you. I will be blunt, if you feel you will not be touring the highways a lot then the Dominar may not be what you should be looking at. Trust me on this. I use it nearly everyday and almost every weekend take it out to the highways, even for a short stint. It is on these highway stints that I get the feeling of "paisa vasool". Even with a pillion, this bike pulls like a locomotive on steroids. Hence its strength lies in higher revs and slightly higher speeds.

I agree that the bike has excellent torque in the low and mid range too, but somehow it feels more at ease north of 80 kmph with the scenery flying by. Its good in the city but absolutely fantastic on the highway. I was always clear why I was buying this bike. I knew I would be feeding it many kms on the highway. In the city its bulk though not a hard constraint, is definitely something which you may want to bear in mind.

Mumbai should have good rental services. I would advise you to rent this bike for a day and use it like you would in real life scenario. I think the best city slickers under 1.5 Lakhs are the FZ25 and the NS200 so if you feel that highway rides will be occasional, I would suggest you look at these as well. Please dont hesitate in asking for any more details you may want. I have just answered from my experience and feel of the bike over the past year.

Thank you so much for writing the detailed answer. That clears a lot of my doubts. I drive at least 70km per day, with at least 30km having pillion and half of it on highway. So I think I should also get 'paisa vasool' feeling.

I tried searching for Dominar on rent in Mumbai and could not locate proper rental agency. So I guess have to be satisfied with test ride only.

[newwannaberider]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys I test drove a Dominar 2018 model today. There was a sudden loss of power at about 5000-6000 rpm in 4th gear. Is this common on all models?

[Ijs]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys I test drove a Dominar 2018 model today. There was a sudden loss of power at about 5000-6000 rpm in 4th gear. Is this common on all models?

What was the odo reading of the bike, as new bike have 6k rpm limiter till 2000kms , and once crossing 2000kms the limiter will automatically shift to 8.5k and power cut at 9k.

[Aniket_Apte]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys, There is Noise coming from my Rear Disk Break when I ride below 20kmph. Noise goes away past 20 kmph.
I saw Soniji's video on YouTube @ how to clean Break Pads and planning to do the same. If anyone faced same issue please let me know how to fix it.
Thanks.

[newwannaberider]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

What was the odo reading of the bike, as new bike have 6k rpm limiter till 2000kms , and once crossing 2000kms the limiter will automatically shift to 8.5k and power cut at 9k.

It was new bike. 12 km on odo. The showroom got it just the last day. They've been providing test drives on the old model. And this is a 2018 model

[Ashish saini]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello everyone.. I want some help regarding service of bike. I did first service on 28 November 2017 and it Is written on the bill I received that the next due service is on 28 Feb 2018. However as per manual it says 240days for second service. so from when the time is calculated in manual and when should i go for the 2nd service. As i did first service at 332km and now the odo is around 700km. I know it's too less which is expected by 2nd service. So suggest guys. Thanks

[sun105]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello everyone.. I want some help regarding service of bike. I did first service on 28 November 2017 and it Is written on the bill I received that the next due service is on 28 Feb 2018. However as per manual it says 240days for second service. so from when the time is calculated in manual and when should i go for the 2nd service. As i did first service at 332km and now the odo is around 700km. I know it's too less which is expected by 2nd service. So suggest guys. Thanks

240 days are from date of purchasing not from last service.from second service onward it is 120 days from last service.