Bajaj Dominar 250: All that you need to know about the Younger Sibling Of Dominar 400

The addition of new red colour differentiates D250 from the D400.

Visually, the skinner 37mm forks, a thinner rear bias-ply tyre, new box-section swingarm, and a smaller 300 mm front rotor make it different.

Dominar’s design gets unique. So, following the same design as Dominar 400 goes in favour of Dominar 250.

Dominar 250 incorporates a honeycomb LED headlamp, minimal tail section, large fuel tank, twin-barrel exhaust, diamond-cut alloy wheels, split seat, and bungee straps below the pillion seat. The backlit switchgear and the mirrors with aluminium stalk gives a more premium look to the motorcycle.

So, apart from reading the badge on the tail, it would get tricky to know the exact difference between Dominar 250 and Dominar 400.

The new entry to the Dominar family gets two paint schemes, namely:

• Canyon Red
• Charcoal Black

As you read above, D400 does not include red colour. So, the addition of new red colour makes Dominar 250 different from its elder sibling.

There’s one variant for Dominar 250:

• Dominar 250 STD

The engine and gear setup of Dominar 250 gets borrowed from the KTM 250 Duke. But, the different fine tunning makes it smoother and milder with a lower mid-range. The fine-tuning makes it suit the motorcycle’s power cruiser characteristics.

The bike gets powered by a 248.8 cc 4-valve, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, and DOHC engine. The engine churns out a power of 27PS at 8,500rpm and 23.5 Nm at 6500rpm. The power and torque figures get lesser when compared to the KTM 250 Duke.

Per Bajaj, Dominar 250 gets a 0-100kmph acceleration figure of 10.5 seconds along with a top speed of 132kmph.

Just like KTM 250 Duke, Dominar 250 gets a 6-speed gearbox accompanied by a slipper clutch. The engine incorporates Bajaj’s twin-spark technology accompanied by a 6-speed gearbox.

The fuel tank capacity of 250 remains unchanged, so it’s still 13 litres.

Suspension duties get handled by USD forks at the front, and the rear gets adjustable mono-shock set up. The USD fork at the front gets slimmer. So now it’s a 37mm unit which was a 43mm unit in the Dominar 400.

The rear adjustable mono-shock gets affixed on a new box-section swingarm. However, the Dominar 400 included a stamped metal swingarm.

The bikes come to rest via 300mm front brakes and 230 mm rear brakes.

While you find disc brakes at both ends with a front radial brake calliper and dual-channel ABS as standard, the front rotor gets a smaller 300mm unit.

With the same body panels as its elder sibling, Dominar 250 gets identical dimensions as well. So, it incorporates a length of 2,156, a width of 836 mm, and a height of 1,112mm.

The bike gets a ground clearance of 157mm, and the wheelbase spans 1,453. Though Dominar 250 gets identical to Dominar 400, the slight increase in weight of 4kg makes its heaviest in the segment. So, the motorcycle weighs 180Kg.

The bike incorporates a 100-section front tyre and 130-section rear tyres.

Bajaj Dominar 250 in the 250 cc segment tends to be a feature-rich bike. With a sporty and muscular body, Dominar 250 gets sufficient features to make a perfect sport-tourer.

Some of the features of Dominar 250 include:

• LED illumination bits
• Twin barrel exhaust
• Bungee straps below the pillion seat
• Backlit switchgear
• Premium and sleek mirrors accompanied with aluminium stalks
• Split style digital instrument console
• A tank-mounted console with tell-tale lights
• Split-seats

Due to the tank-mounted console, the Dominar 250 lacks some features like real-time fuel consumption and a gear-position indicator.

The primary display shows the ride related information. The secondary display shows the other information.

The alloy rims design on Dominar 250 gets identical, but they lack a machined finish as on the Dominar 400. So, Dominar 250 now gets simple matte black finished on the dual-tone alloy wheels.