Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

[deepDmnr]

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Guys is there a rear suspension adjustment tool provided in your tool kit? I searched the tool kit today to adjust it and ended up in disappointment. My CBR had the tool handy for adjustment. Also is the rear suspension of the latest BSIV RS 200/NS 200 and D400 are same? any one aware?

Mine did not have it. Totally sucks. The mono shock is too wide for the tool to fit in the tiny toolkit bag.

[srivijay82]

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Hi every one. I am planning to buy Dominar 400. I am 5 ft 6 inch. So I want to know how is your experience with cornering with Dominar. I own Honda hornet. Cornering is very good and balanced with Hornet. How it will be with Dominar? Thanks in Advance

I'm of the same height and enjoy driving Dominar. All other bikes feel like kids bike now

[Vipergts07]

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Can anyone share the contact details of a good paint shop in Mumbai? Need to get everything including the frame to be painted. How much does it cost nowadays?

[cgassassin]

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Can anyone share the contact details of a good paint shop in Mumbai? Need to get everything including the frame to be painted. How much does it cost nowadays?

you can try the versova (4bunglows to 7bunglows)back road . all paint job of cars and bikes are done there. for vinlyl you should go to milan subway in virle parle they do the stickering job.

[cgassassin]

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Received a call from my sales rep. asking for my name to be added to dominar owners group from Bajaj.We already have a dominar owners group from Mumbai and yesterday was breakfast ride to Lonavla.Ride to Igatpuri is planned for later this month. Have to give bike for first service tomorrow.

may i know which other dominar group? i just got added in bajaj official group.

[Ijs]

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I have changed the suspension to the lowest(Softer) setting. I am 67KG and now I feel that this setting is right for me. With Pillion it is little more softer, when you have a long bump the bike swings up and down with pillion driver and at above 80kmph.

Please tell how u didi it svc or home or local mech and what kind of tool was used.
Thanks.

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[MENTION=84281]Jayanta Kumar Das[/MENTION] i am only 5.4fts and feels very comfortable and confident while riding it.

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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Thanks for your reply brother.. even i have checked the video but it sounds louder as if its fitted in a pulsar 150.. its better i will stick to the stock exhaust as it has a bassy sound..
Actually i was thinking to make it sound like a benelli
But benelli's sound will always be a classy and dominar will always be dominar in bassy sound..

Hey , i have seen that exaust and i would like to confess that its not all that great. Its a lightweight exaust for sure , but 28500 then if you remove the exaust and cat con, and it sounds all loud till 3k-4k but then it just shouts! Dominars engine can't make sound, stock exaust is the best deal you can get!

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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Received a call from my sales rep. asking for my name to be added to dominar owners group from Bajaj.We already have a dominar owners group from Mumbai and yesterday was breakfast ride to Lonavla.Ride to Igatpuri is planned for later this month. Have to give bike for first service tomorrow.

Are you from DOC MUMBAI?

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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got a call from sales representative from malad (mumbai) they are about to make dominar group in watsaap for rides etc asking me permission if i want to be added in it . still waiting for them to add

You can be a part of DOC!

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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Any one did long rides?? 500+
How is the ride quality?

How is the ride for cruising? What the best cruise speed?

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Today went to book my ride, but there was only one stock of Blue.
and next lot comes by end of this week. so planning to go by then and pick a ride.

What are the things to check before choosing the ride?

Hey i recently did a 600kms ride. I was constantly at 120-130. Took only 4 stops. 3 of them were for refueling. The small capacity and then the efficiency dropped due to constant 120-130 . Pushed it to 140+ sometimes

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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It would help if anyone had deciphered the aligned green dots on the mono shock. The SC gut told me that default is softest which is when the green dots alliign. Anyone know any different?

It a general pattern, on the lower end of the suspension where the coil meet. You can see multiple slots facing down with varrying sizes. The smallest make the suspension stiff while the longest make it the softest. Our showroom guys make the bike stiffest while delievery (stupid idea) .

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

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How much engine oil d400 need in 1st service{ in ml }? can we use motul 7100 from the first servicing ?

1.5L or 1500ml, no they insist on bajaj 10000.

[ROHAN SPEEDOFREAK SHARMA]

Re: Bajaj Dominar 400 Ownership Experience Thread

Guys is there a rear suspension adjustment tool provided in your tool kit? I searched the tool kit today to adjust it and ended up in disappointment. My CBR had the tool handy for adjustment. Also is the rear suspension of the latest BSIV RS 200/NS 200 and D400 are same? any one aware?

I saw the tool they use while adjusting my suspension. It is a big thingy. It wont fit anywhere for that matter.

[s1d]

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I saw the tool they use while adjusting my suspension. It is a big thingy. It wont fit anywhere for that matter.

I think i know what you mean. It is that arc shaped spanner with a really long handle? some svc have that long reach handle(or do a juggad to weld a piece of metal to extend it) for ease of use. This is probably what you saw at the svc. Earlier even the ktm's did not come with the suspension adjustment wrench, but later on it was included in the tool kit(iirc late 2014 when the rc's were launched). So yeh, there is a shorter version of the tool which fits into the toolkit and maybe in future it might be included in the tool kit. The short one though can be a pain to use for some.

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It would help if anyone had deciphered the aligned green dots on the mono shock. The SC gut told me that default is softest which is when the green dots alliign. Anyone know any different?

yes, the default is towards the softer/balanced end of the adjustment range. You probably can go softer by two or three more steps to reach its minimum preload setting. The green dot probably indicates factory setting. You see the wave pattern on the mono, as you turn it clock wise (seeing from behind) the lower portion with green dot, will 'sit' in a lower groove('softer') and vice versa.

[Vipergts07]

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you can try the versova (4bunglows to 7bunglows)back road . all paint job of cars and bikes are done there. for vinlyl you should go to milan subway in virle parle they do the stickering job.

Thank you for the info. Any idea how much the paintjob costs nowadays to do the entire bike, frame, engine, et all.