Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[_kamikaze_]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Check out Royal Brothers. They have Dominar 2019.

They are not operating in Pune

[ashislakra1989]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Short Review of my D400 2019 UG :

Well, i've ridden it around 8050 kms and its mixed emotion for this beast. I'm 5'6" tall and have 92 kg weight, I've ridden it not more than 180 kms in single stretch and found myself adjusting to the seat every 40-50 km of ride, i wish the seat could have been more comfortable. The apt Cruising speed is 90-110 kph where it feels relaxed and has adequate torque to pull ahead. With pillion its hard to travel long distance especially if you've bag ( even if its 1 laptop bag with clothes for 2 riders). I highly recommend installing tour kit on this bike. Bike has given me consistent mileage of 27-29 kmpl in City and 32-33 in Highway if ridden at 90-100 kph. Bike has tappet / shims issue which was rectified in 2nd service but has appeared again. I'm waiting for 3rd service to get it rectified. Till then the bike makes some clunky noise which i don't like at all. The bike engine has some oil leak from left side engine packing , i guess during 2nd service they didn't properly fit the engine packing. I've changed the coolant to MotoCool Expert and it stays cool comparatively to Bajaj Koolant. There's no drop in coolant level after 2nd service ( 5000 km ) which is good. No tyre / ABS / Puncture issue till now. I've touched max 160 for very short period and bike pulls relentlessly. The front brake bite is good but rear brake is too bad. I've hit a pothole on highway at around 80-90 kph and it hit hard , but no dents at all. Overall, i'm satisfied and looking foward to enjoy more miles with it.

[Maverick_BOSS]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys I have one query on my D400 UG about the exhaust pipe rusting. Bike is 7 months old and ran 11k . Is this normal or should I contact Bajaj to escalate this?

Thanks in advance.

[Throttlefreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys I have one query on my D400 UG about the exhaust pipe rusting. Bike is 7 months old and ran 11k . Is this normal or should I contact Bajaj to escalate this?

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That looks more like caked up mud. Try brushing it off using a wet scrub pad.

[Maverick_BOSS]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

That looks more like caked up mud. Try brushing it off using a wet scrub pad.

Thanks for the reply. Will try that for sure and update.

[TheQuarterMile]

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There is some rusting on the engine casing. Bajaj has offered to replace the engine casing free of charge. Question is should I get the engine opened up or just get a paint touch up done?

[Indivar]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

There is some rusting on the engine casing. Bajaj has offered to replace the engine casing free of charge. Question is should I get the engine opened up or just get a paint touch up done? [ATTACH]253511[/ATTACH]

Do you get your vehicle washed daily, by the watchman in the building?
Do you pressure wash often? like a week?

In any case, paint touch ups wont look very good compared to a replacement casing.

[niranjanreddy891]

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There is some rusting on the engine casing. Bajaj has offered to replace the engine casing free of charge. Question is should I get the engine opened up or just get a paint touch up done? [ATTACH]253511[/ATTACH]

Paint job can stay hardly a 1-2 years. Better change the casing if it is free of cost.

[hirenmistry]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello,
I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, I am looking to get a Dominar 400 and want to know the RPM in 6th gear at 100kph.
My current ride is a 2012 Pulsar 200NS which does 100kph at 7K RPM in 6th gear.

Thanks in advance.

[Throttlefreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello,
I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, I am looking to get a Dominar 400 and want to know the RPM in 6th gear at 100kph.
My current ride is a 2012 Pulsar 200NS which does 100kph at 7K RPM in 6th gear.

Thanks in advance.

Assuming that the gearing hasn't been changed in the Dominar 400 UG, it will do 100kmph at 5.5k RPM in 6th gear.

[sanjeet286]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Perfect example of Bajaj wanting their Dominar to be premium, but treated like crap by their dealers. Similar issues you'll face with the service centres, barring few good SCs..

Yes there are but none of the ones which have an online portal have the Dominar listed in their fleet. I figure if I like riding the rented bike, a new one should be good enough.

After an email to Bajaj customer service and a call from the Pune Sales manager, I got call from Sai Service and Garve Bajaj but they initially said they didn't have stock of the bike to offer a test ride. Another weekend later, I again checked with a Mr <anonymous> at Sai Service, who arranged for test drive but as always they disappointed by offering a test drive within their campus.

The worse part of this entire experience was that you ask anybody about test drive at the showroom and their first response is there is no stock. I checked with the Huqsvarna/KTM desk if they have received the Huqsvarna so that I could take a look at it, and response was no stock. Go to Bund Garden showroom on Monday 6 pm, there only stock will be available. Since Pratik arranged a test drive within campus, I decided to try it out. They took me to the basement where they store the new stock and behold ! there were 3-4 new Dominars lying around. And also the Husqvarna Svartpilen !! In another area, I saw a couple more Huqsvarna bikes partially unwrapped. So I'm wondering why the lies ?? It's not like I'm going to demand for a test drive, why couldn't they entertain a prospective customer ? It's like they aren't interested in making a sale. Do they expect that a customer is going to buy a close to 2.5lac bike without so much as checking it out ?

Also I was told in confidence that they have received no stock of the Green color D400 since Jan, and a few customers have opted to just take delivery of the Matt Black version. I'm not a big fan of either color and even among those two, Bajaj is not supplying one color. My enthusiasm in buying the Dominar has died a bit thanks to Bajaj and their awesome customer sales, probably going to delay the purchase a bit.

[sanjeet286]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

I would recommend the 2018 model as it seems to be the one which fixed a lot of the 2017 issues. 2019 was upgraded with few features including DOHC, upside down forks, and console. But many are facing issues with broken engine guard bolts, tapping sound from the engine, and console which resets the trip every couple of days.

Maybe the new 250 has most of the issues resolved, but too early to tell...

Hi Guys,

I need to buy a used dominar. I am selling my CBR250. please guide me with the following questions:
1) since the bike was launched in 2016 and the facelift came in 2019 ,I need to know if there was any iteration(with respect to ECU update/part update etc) that came in between.
2) were there any particular time period models that i need to avoid due to recalls or anything like that.
3) is there anything particularly like known common issues that i should be checking dominar.

Thank you

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

There is some rusting on the engine casing. Bajaj has offered to replace the engine casing free of charge. Question is should I get the engine opened up or just get a paint touch up done?

The casing isn't rusted, it's the cylinder block itself that's rusted, which piques my interest that the Dominar's cylinder isn't an aluminum one as the Duke's. Domi's is a cast iron. Iron rusts, so I am thinking this is the reason it rusted in the first place. Anyway, if they're offering a replacement, go for it, don't paint it. It will look odd and the paint will cake off eventually due to heat. Which MY is yours?

Cheers!
VJ

[TheQuarterMile]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

That's correct it's the cylinders block. My bad. It's the 2018 model. Got it on 1st July 2018. Do you think I should go for a replacement? Will they be able to put everything back the way it was is my main concern.

[TheQuarterMile]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Do you get your vehicle washed daily, by the watchman in the building?
Do you pressure wash often? like a week?

In any case, paint touch ups wont look very good compared to a replacement casing.

Get it washed 2-3 times a week and pressure washed when it's really dirty which is once in 2 months or so.