Bajaj Dominar 400 that is a flagship motorcycle from Chakan based manufacturer, witnesses a great response in the middleweight bike segment. It has been a little over a year since it hit the Indian motoring market. It was a pretty clever move of introducing an off-beat product instead of sticking with same Pulsar brand. Also, it worked in brand’s favour by turning a good number of RE lovers toward self. However, the Royal Enfield sales figures remain ineffective and it is still enjoying its leadership in the 350cc touring segment. Giving a tough competition to Royal Enfield, the brand has also rolled out a set of provocative “Haathi mat Palo” ad series.
Now these sets of spy images which imitating the Dominar 400 into an ADV avatar, make us believe that the Himalayan is the next target in the field of affordable adventure bikes. The spotted Dominar ADV was furnished with components necessary for an adventure bike including a pointy high-set fender and knuckle guards that offer a promising ADV appearance.
However, there are no official words from Bajaj as such Dominar ADV is under production or the part of brand’s future plans. Chances are, it could be a customized Dominar into ADV avatar. But, the way additional bits are added to the bike makes us believe of a factory finish model. The quality of work is pretty neat and crisp.
There is no doubt, if Bajaj brings in such Dominar ADV, it will create a new customer base for the brand. In terms of pricing, it will attract a premium of INR 10,000 over the standard model.
If the powertrain of the new Dominar ADV is considered, it is expected to get the propelling power from the same 373cc single-cylinder engine that does power duty on the standard Dominar. The engine is rated to generate the peak power of 34.5 hp along with 35 Nm of torque via a mated six-speed gearbox transmission. The engine returns the top speed of 148 km/h for Dominar. Also, the feature of ABS is being offered in the top end variant of the Dominar.
Earlier than this, a host of Dominar mods have also been observed and most of them were touring focused. So, there are lot more chances that Dominar can get into the skin of an adventure tourer in coming future.