Bajaj Dominar 400 Price Reduced by Rs. 37,000!

• Priced at Rs. 2.03 lakh, ex-showroom
• Lower displacement attracts 18 per cent GST
• It will continue to be called the ‘Dominar 400’

The new Bajaj Dominar 400 with a smaller 350cc engine has started reaching select dealerships in India. The reduced engine displacement has resulted in the bike attracting a lower 18 per cent GST, thereby bringing the ex-showroom price down by as much as Rs. 37,000. As per our dealer sources, the new Bajaj Dominar 400, with a 350cc engine, is priced at Rs. 2.03 lakh, ex-showroom, as against the Rs. 2.40 lakh price tag of its older 400cc iteration.

It’s interesting to see that, despite the reduction in displacement, the motorcycle continues to carry the ‘400’ badge instead of ‘350.’ Bajaj has followed the same strategy with the new 350cc Triumph offerings that were recently launched in India. The company has retained the ‘400’ suffix in these bikes to prevent changing the perception of the bikes; using a smaller displacement number might make them look inferior in terms of engine performance, thereby hampering the buying decision. Now, it remains to be seen whether the drop in engine capacity has any effect on the sales of Bajaj and Triumph bikes in India.

The official launch announcement and detailed specifications of the new Bajaj Dominar 400 are yet to be released. However, if the leaked specs of the bike are anything to go by, the new Dominar’s 349.13cc engine produces 40.4bhp and 33.2Nm, which is a bump of around 1bhp and a drop of 2.8Nm, respectively. This seems to have been achieved by reducing the stroke length from 60mm to 56.1mm while the bore stays the same at 89mm. We expect the rest of the specifications of the motorcycle to remain nearly identical.