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Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread
1 usually the company which have tieups with service is the most Hassel free and sometimes cashless too Hdfc is good. But again these days the cost of insurance has gone up very significantly and if u compare in the market u will save around 1 to 1.5k or more, both hdfc and icici are the costlier one. And what i get to know during past few years is that it is hard to get cashless in case of two wheelers. At the first renewal of my domi i opted out with my local agent and took oreintal insurance and saved around 1.2k compared to what the showroom is charging for a lesser idv and a friend of mine took same from Policy bazar and saved 750 more than me.
This year which is the 2nd renwal or 3rd year insurance for domi i went with same oreintal but now through policy bazar and paid 550 less than what my local guys was asking and showroom was asking 1.5 k more for a lower idv. With policy bazar you have the option for choosing or editing the idv a higher idv helps in case of theft and do add zerodep along with comprehensive insurance. Compare the price of premium at few places and policy bazar and pick whatever u like. Keep the idv 10 percent less than the previous idv normally showroom guys give a way lesser idv around 20 less. I always keep idv 10 percent less than previous one and on the 3rd year you can keep it around 12 to 15 percent less than previous one.
2 if u have Stock mrf in good condition at rear than go for mrf at front or else my choice would be Apollo alpha h1 or the ceat zoom rad x1 and there is one more new tyre coming from metro continental.
I normally keep both front and rear of same compound and make. Best budget would be mrf then ceat and then apollo.
3 Bearing can get damaged with more play or the khat khat would increase, cone set life depends on how careful you are with potholes and bad patches. Normally in dominar i have seen coneset Bearing getting changed at 15k to 18 k kms and have seen stock bearing on one bike with odo close to 40k kms.
4 Hmmm Rolon chain set very interesting it is , did you by any chance Checked the older chain set, my dear friend the stock chain set is also from rolon you can see R logo on every alternate link of the chain. And the stock chain set is same as the the one which rolon has started selling in the open market. People make videos without having full knowledge and confuse others too. And on the ep 90 oil for the lube , yes the service guy is right on this point gear oil is the best lube for the chain and the most economical too i have been using it since ages now. On dominar i use ep140 in winter and ep 90 in summer(suggested by a good friend with more experience) , but ep 90 would do fine all year long, just do not over lube and wipe off the extra.
5 no idea i am happy with stock headlight.
6 Normally fork oil replacement period is mentioned in the manual but in our case it is not, so i say do not go for replacement if it is working fine or there is no leak. Change after 2 year or when you feel thay the front is getting softer.
Originally posted by prasadD400
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This year which is the 2nd renwal or 3rd year insurance for domi i went with same oreintal but now through policy bazar and paid 550 less than what my local guys was asking and showroom was asking 1.5 k more for a lower idv. With policy bazar you have the option for choosing or editing the idv a higher idv helps in case of theft and do add zerodep along with comprehensive insurance. Compare the price of premium at few places and policy bazar and pick whatever u like. Keep the idv 10 percent less than the previous idv normally showroom guys give a way lesser idv around 20 less. I always keep idv 10 percent less than previous one and on the 3rd year you can keep it around 12 to 15 percent less than previous one.
2 if u have Stock mrf in good condition at rear than go for mrf at front or else my choice would be Apollo alpha h1 or the ceat zoom rad x1 and there is one more new tyre coming from metro continental.
I normally keep both front and rear of same compound and make. Best budget would be mrf then ceat and then apollo.
3 Bearing can get damaged with more play or the khat khat would increase, cone set life depends on how careful you are with potholes and bad patches. Normally in dominar i have seen coneset Bearing getting changed at 15k to 18 k kms and have seen stock bearing on one bike with odo close to 40k kms.
4 Hmmm Rolon chain set very interesting it is , did you by any chance Checked the older chain set, my dear friend the stock chain set is also from rolon you can see R logo on every alternate link of the chain. And the stock chain set is same as the the one which rolon has started selling in the open market. People make videos without having full knowledge and confuse others too. And on the ep 90 oil for the lube , yes the service guy is right on this point gear oil is the best lube for the chain and the most economical too i have been using it since ages now. On dominar i use ep140 in winter and ep 90 in summer(suggested by a good friend with more experience) , but ep 90 would do fine all year long, just do not over lube and wipe off the extra.
5 no idea i am happy with stock headlight.
6 Normally fork oil replacement period is mentioned in the manual but in our case it is not, so i say do not go for replacement if it is working fine or there is no leak. Change after 2 year or when you feel thay the front is getting softer.
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