Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[@wrickomania]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Anyone here can confirm whether the dominar non-abs variant used to get a steel brake line for the rear?

[BPdt]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello,
1. I recently installed saddle stay from carbon racing in my Dominar UG (2019) but after fitting, it wasn't possible to put back the pillion seat. The pin in the seat was not tucking into the hook because installing it increased the height of the seat. Has someone else faced similar problems? If yes, please respond with the solution.
2. The rear brake oil reservoir holder broke as per red line in the picture.(Not the reservoir, just the plastic connecting it to the screw) Is it possible to get just the reservoir replaced from Bajaj service center or shall I have to get the whole hydraulic system replaced?



Thanks..

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

2. The rear brake oil reservoir holder broke as per red line in the picture.(Not the reservoir, just the plastic connecting it to the screw) Is it possible to get just the reservoir replaced from Bajaj service center or shall I have to get the whole hydraulic system replaced?
Thanks..

The rear reservoir is available separately, and can be replaced, costs some 80 odd bucks. Make sure you don't over tighten the reservoir holder bolt, it can easily crack. You need not replace the whole hydraulic unit. All the parts are available separately.

Cheers!
VJ

[lonelyrambler]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

1. I recently installed saddle stay from carbon racing in my Dominar UG (2019) but after fitting, it wasn't possible to put back the pillion seat. The pin in the seat was not tucking into the hook because installing it increased the height of the seat. Has someone else faced similar problems? If yes, please respond with the solution.


Thanks..

Hi

I have installed Lluvia saddle stays. They have included a lockset riser plate in the shipment. This basically increases the height of the lock so that the pin will fall easily. Check with carbon racing for similar risers.

Regards
lonelyrambler

[prajnyan]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hey
I would like to increase the braking and feedback from my stock brakes on my dominar 2018. So I have heard a lot about changing brake fluids, changing brake pads to sintered or ceramic etc but can’t decide which I should do. Since the brakes are spongy, I’d like to increase the bite. And the brake system is completely air free. I want some opinions on which products I should do.

Along with that, you may have to explore the option of going for good tyres. Seldom people realize that the right tyre and air pressure can decrease your stopping distance by a high margin.

[ashislakra1989]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Do we have aftermarket shock absorber for Dominar 400 monoshock ? Also, seats are not that comfortable for 50-60 kms ride ( mix of asphalt + village roads ). Also, the rear shock gives thud sound over potholes and jolts the backbone of pillion rider. Does anyone have any solution for more comfortable ride>?

[Santosh Pandey]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Congratulations buddy...!!

[arya809]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Do we have aftermarket shock absorber for Dominar 400 monoshock ? Also, seats are not that comfortable for 50-60 kms ride ( mix of asphalt + village roads ). Also, the rear shock gives thud sound over potholes and jolts the backbone of pillion rider. Does anyone have any solution for more comfortable ride>?

As per my experience, 2019 Dominar 400 has got softer rear suspension. You just need to SLOW DOWN before potholes. Please don't expect any sports-oriented bike (above 150cc) to glide through potholes like a bajaj ct100. They have firm suspension for better handling and stability but that also means slowing down for every single pothole & bump. That THUD & JOLT means that your riding style needs to be corrected.

If you wish to make the seating little more comfortable, say for minor potholes & bumps then buy a custom seat cover with 1 inch thick foam. I am using such a seat cover for cushioning as well as raising the seat height. But cushioned seats doesn't mean you can glide over big potholes at high speeds, it WILL damage the suspension, oil seals and forks. You will still need ride slowly over bad roads/patches.

[Manoj Sivaraman]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

While on the topic of SINTERED PADS, I have a query. With sintered pads, their will be increased bite and aggressive contact between pads and rotor. Doesn't it mean ABS will have a hard time adjusting to it? It's my wild guess that ABS works perfectly with the stock OEM pads, whereas with sintered pads, ABS will result in increased braking distance because of increased skids? Obviously I am making wild assumptions, I am looking for replies from experts.

Because if sintered pads don't create a problem with ABS then I will be tempted to upgrade.

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I don't know whether you are seriously asking for pointers or just expressing your feelings, regardless I will provide some points to consider.

I bought it with my own money so no permission was required. If I had to convince my parents, I will consider the following points:

1. Value for money: Dominar is providing a comfortable yet powerful machine at 2 lakhs ex-showroom. It's even cheaper than Apache 310, bmw g310, cb300r, all of which have lower power and torque. Also, it's price bracket is justifiable in itself, slightly costly than gixxer 250SF but cheaper than above mentioned ones, tell your parents why should you settle for low powered, less comfortable options in this price range.

2. Low cost of servicing and wide availability of SVC across India. Compared to other premium motorcycles in this range, Dominar parts are comparatively cheaper.

3. Safety: Tell them nowadays traffic is highly unpredictable and your older motorcycles don't feel safe anymore. Dominar's handling and braking is much safer and confidence inspiring. It doesn't even look that aggressive compared to faired sports-oriented ones, maybe they will believe it!

4. Commuting: Again, there is not a single motorcycle below 4 lakhs price range which provides =>40bhp alongwith comfortable commuting, flat pillion seat is an icing on the cake. (Not being a fanboy, I researched thoroughly and IF there was a better option in terms of power with comfort, I myself would have bought that instead).

Hi,

Regarding sintered pads and ABS interference. You can actually swap sintered pads.

ABS unit regardless of pads work the same. As long as the sampling per seconds is high enough the ABS reads the wheel speed, compares and reduces the fluid pressure applied.

I have swapped D390's 320mm setup to D250's with sintered pads. The ABS unit on the D250 works very well responding to the 320mm setup.

Except for the sintered pads wearing out the rotors quickly approx 25k kms (varies depending on user)

Thanks and regards
Manoj Sivaraman.....

[Arjunachu]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Do we have aftermarket shock absorber for Dominar 400 monoshock ? Also, seats are not that comfortable for 50-60 kms ride ( mix of asphalt + village roads ). Also, the rear shock gives thud sound over potholes and jolts the backbone of pillion rider. Does anyone have any solution for more comfortable ride>?

I have seen a aftermarket monoshock, the website says it improves the ergonomics but haven't heard any review on this.
Check this once

https://www.zedlingsuspension.com/product/dominar-400/

[Throttlefreak]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

I have seen a aftermarket monoshock, the website says it improves the ergonomics but haven't heard any review on this.
Check this once

https://www.zedlingsuspension.com/product/dominar-400/

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Here's a review for the same.

https://youtu.be/vHZ_1-9RCY0

[arya809]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hi,

Regarding sintered pads and ABS interference. You can actually swap sintered pads.

Really impressive, now I am tempted to get sintered pads. Thanks for the info. Just to be sure, does sintered pad need additional installation steps or it's just like replacing stock pads?

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Here's a review for the same.

https://youtu.be/vHZ_1-9RCY0

Man, when will people understand the difference between track/racing oriented suspension and off-road ones?
The reviewer in that video is clearly an illiterate obese guy who doesn't hug the tank, puts full weight on wrists and hates dominar suspension because it doesn't handle offroads. I bet he doesn't even slow down for potholes and wants to fly at 90 kmph on Ladakh roads.

Even I have done a little offroad tours, you need to slow down considerably for every pothole and bump, there are times you are riding few kilometers in 1st or 2nd gear but that's what it means to take a strictly on-road racing motorcycle in offroad conditions, you have to compromise!

This custom rear suspension is nothing but a cheap replica with ZERO compression and rebound dampening. It's exactly like the rear suspensions of 100cc commuters. The R&D engineers are not fools for putting firm suspension on race oriented motorcycles, it's a necessity. I remember how much I hated the ridiculously soft suspension on my karizma zmr because it was unsettling on high speed turns and chicanes.

Those who complain about firm suspension should simply sell their motorcycles and buy a HERO Motocorp one, they still provide soft suspension on all their motorcycles.

As far as I am concerned, I still find the Dominar rear suspension little softer as per my taste, I am planning to swap it with the older version's suspension if I could get one.

[jagaddjag]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

You couldn't be farther from the truth, do you even own a Dominar? I am a die-hard HONDA fan, but still bought Dominar 400 few months back and I am glad I made this decision.
Your OPINIONS are totally biased and imaginary. What is a knockoff? A knockoff is a poor cheap imitation, For example - an iphone copy made in china which runs on android and costs just Rs. 3000. How can you call Dominar a knockoff in that sense?

Duke 390 is a wide handled street bike with poor low end torque. Bajaj used exactly same blueprints to make an exact same engine with additional triple spark plug configuration. In 2019 version, they also used the same fork and brake setup as in duke 390. Apart from these, Bajaj designed every part from scratch. Hence, compared to Duke 390, Dominar is smoother, lots of low end torque, better seating position, better suited to highway riding. Bajaj designed Dominar 400 keeping in mind that not everybody wants to buy an insanely high revving monster like Duke 390, mature guys like me.

It has too many fiber parts??? REALLY??? I recently sold my Karizma ZMR which was bought in 2009. That had tons of fiber and fairing parts, I maintained it perfectly and didn't need to replace any body parts till date. Although I had to apply double sided foam tape between all the joints in 2010 to remove the vibration & rattling noises but that was all I ever needed to do. Compared to that, Dominar is a naked bike with minimal fiber parts. And whatever fiber parts there are, they are small, robust and well fitted. I don't know where you got this imaginary idea that Dominar would need new fiber parts in 5 years! Dominar's vibrations are also easily cured by applying foam tape between joints.

Internal parts are sensitive? I see, that's why the engine got BENT when I touched it with my hands yesterday, hehe! What is this non-sense, sensitivity? The engine, gearbox and chassis parts are of sufficiently high quality but problems do occur in exceptional cases, even Honda is not prone from such issues. Most of the complaints with Dominar are user faults due to using aftermarket parts or accidents.

I don't know what your dream bike is, but ALL tarmac oriented bikes are bad on mud and gravel, not just Dominar. BTW I have ridden it in villages with no roads, full of fine sand (western Rajasthan) and still had decent handling, not to mention awesome braking due to the ABS. Maybe learn using COUNTER-STEERING first, without which we tend to rest the whole body weight on the wrists which makes the bike feel front heavy. Without counter steering, all sports bikes above 250cc will feel heavy and restricted, whereas I am accustomed to utilize counter steering so I can zigzag a Dominar ridiculously easily in traffic.

@millenniumbiker
Please don't listen to this guy, he doesn't know a thing, he's just projecting his hatred towards Bajaj. His old posts clearly prove that he is an owner of Royal Enfield elephant and writes condescending posts on Bajaj forums without actually owning any modern Bajaj motorcycle.

Dominar is too powerful for commuting, but it's easy to ride cozily, you won't have to struggle to ride it at low rpm's and low speeds. In fact, whenever I am riding it slowly, I almost forget that I am riding a 40 bhp monster, the monster awakens as soon as I blip the throttle and that makes overtaking a child's play in traffic. Also, the clutch lever is so light that changing gears 1000's of times won't feel like a hassle at all, thanks to slipper-clutch.
The default seats are quite hard for pothole ridden roads, even though suspension is not that hard. Get a foam cushioned seat cover and you will be able to ride it on bad roads comfortably.

PLEASE stop comparing xpulse with Dominar, Hero is still using the 90's technology in engine and chassis, that is also the reason I sold my ZMR. Xpulse has got parts from Karizma ZMR only, nothing new. I sold the ZMR specifically because I was losing confidence it its balance and stability at high speeds, braking was below average. Whereas Dominar has got a race-oriented chassis and alloy swingarm, it provides me ample confidence even at insanely high speeds.

Since you were so happy with your old pulsar, you will fell in love with the Dominar, believe me! Just buy it, I wouldn't have bought it if I started overthinking like you. Just don't go for the Dominar 250, 400 is the perfect combination with respect to power, package and price.

Your writing made my day buddy, I own 2017 batch white dominar. this morning logged in xbhp after many months to know recent happenings in D400 thread.

It's almost 3 years and i would say fibre part are way superior than other pulsar bikes or say above 200 cc segment bikes. Fibre portion in tail and tank is soo intact and the paint quality is way superior. After these many days engine feels soo smooth and good, especially the clutch part, insanely soft. Nil false neutral and gear shift is sooo smooth. I am very much happy about my purchase...

[Arjunachu]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Really impressive, now I am tempted to get sintered pads. Thanks for the info. Just to be sure, does sintered pad need additional installation steps or it's just like replacing stock pads?

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Man, when will people understand the difference between track/racing oriented suspension and off-road ones?
The reviewer in that video is clearly an illiterate obese guy who doesn't hug the tank, puts full weight on wrists and hates dominar suspension because it doesn't handle offroads. I bet he doesn't even slow down for potholes and wants to fly at 90 kmph on Ladakh roads.

Even I have done a little offroad tours, you need to slow down considerably for every pothole and bump, there are times you are riding few kilometers in 1st or 2nd gear but that's what it means to take a strictly on-road racing motorcycle in offroad conditions, you have to compromise!

This custom rear suspension is nothing but a cheap replica with ZERO compression and rebound dampening. It's exactly like the rear suspensions of 100cc commuters. The R&D engineers are not fools for putting firm suspension on race oriented motorcycles, it's a necessity. I remember how much I hated the ridiculously soft suspension on my karizma zmr because it was unsettling on high speed turns and chicanes.

Those who complain about firm suspension should simply sell their motorcycles and buy a HERO Motocorp one, they still provide soft suspension on all their motorcycles.

As far as I am concerned, I still find the Dominar rear suspension little softer as per my taste, I am planning to swap it with the older version's suspension if I could get one.

Im not sure about few things you mentioned, but if you want to swap a old 2017 Domi suspension with 2019 or laer version kindly contact me i wanted to upgrade , I have 2017 Domi and i'm ready for an exchange.

[Vijay Thacker]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Hello guys,
I dont know what many owners of dominar have expectations from their bikes but I love what i have purchased and it truely justifies the price i paid for power, cruiser bike that is given to us which can be enjoyed on long rides, power which is sufficient to travel across country and not so expensive maintenance.
With the opening of lockdown had been getting calls for my second service which was due in march.
Nothing much to look at apart from changed the oils, regular checkups and cleaning of error codes if any.Washed and cleaned with lubing of chain and everything went smoothly and bike was handed me back within an hour and half.
Few pictures after the service.