My total garbage low quality ModernAss Dominar has now developed a new problem as the odometer passed the 10,000km mark.

Anytime I pull the throttle more than half & when the tacho passes 5000rpm, it starts to backfire & fart its brains out. I lost half my engine power.

That, and the fork seal has started to leak.... AGAIN.

No choice but limp back to ModernAss service center to claim warranty FOR THE THIRD TIME.

Dominar quality sucks cock.

I loathe to post this on the usual FB groups coz there are fanboys there who will defend to the hilt every defect on this bike.

For example, my constantly leaking fork seals are said that be my fault because I didn't cough up more money to install fork gaiters, since Modenas Bajaj fork seals are so special & exotic that they cannot stand dust particles. Not a quality problem, ok!

The other defense was that Modenas Bajaj Dominar fork seals are specially made to function when the bike is ridden daily, so if they leak it's my fault for not riding my bike often enough. Not a quality problem, ok!

Retards. They think I'm 16 riding a birthday gift daddy gave me.

Now I have this engine farting problem. The fanboys will definitely accuse me of twisting the throttle wrongly. Not a quality problem, ok!

I hate this Bajaj piece of shit with a passion.



This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Oct 23 2021, 07:55 PM

Funny you should say that. Today I noticed rust has started to develop on my left fork stanchion. This, despite the fact in the 10,000km I hv had this bike from new, it spent the vast majority of its life parked in the condo basement parking lot. Facepalm.

My cheebye TNT600 communist tongsan bike had far superior build quality. I bought it off a one-time huat farmer who left it to rot under his house for a whole year, where mice made a nest in its airbox. It ran without a hiccup in the 5 years I owned it as a daily driver. No rust, no leaks, no nothing.



Bike is still under warranty until Jan, so I might as well send it back to Modenas.... for the THIRD time since I dropped RM13k at Eang Chun.

Beyond that, I'll probably check you out. It will be good business for you for sure to service suckers like me who were seduced by the ringgit-to-displacement ratio that Modenas used as bait to con us into buying this piece of shit.



Back in the day, the usual suspects would hv been the spark plugs, HT lead, ignition coil or flooded carb/bad diaphragm.

The Modenas place in Kg Subang, Shah Alam that I always send my bike to is a Service Plus place.

They replaced my brake master cylinder & fork seals, all of which failed again within 5000km.

The whole thing is just shit through and through.

Now it only has 1 job left to do... train my wife on her first few thousand kms when she gets her bike license... then I'm getting rid of this horseshit.

After coughing up cash for a new Triumph Tiger 850, I skipped work to send my Dominar back to the Kg Subang service center yet again.

By now, I'm already a familiar face there.

Ran into yet another fanboi while I was there. He accused me of not bothering to read the manual about fork seal maintenance. I told him off.. on which page in the freaking owner's manual does it say anything about fork seal maintenance? "Oh.. ini petua yg sepatutnya ada dalam manual, tapi entah kenapa Modenas tak taruk".

Dah kantoi.

Tak cukup kantoi 1 kali, he goes on to claim that the real maintenance requirement for fork seals is to not let the fork stanchions dry. Need to use axle grease or gearbox oil on the stanchions in order to preserve the fork seals.

Why do fanboys always insult me like this? Me getting a lemon not enough ah?

To further rub salt into my wound, the Grab ride back to Ampang costed me RM70 coz it's hard to get a regular Grab driver around that godforsaken area.

LOL.. actually I talk shit about the bike I own, because having gone thru so much frustration with this bike I am actually qualified to do so.

It has been 3 weeks since I personally sent my bike back to Modernas Kg Subang to get it fixed under warranty for the 3rd time. Still no news from them.

While waiting, I have enrolled my wife into a driving school to get her B Full licence, she has studied and passed her JPJ exam and she has received her L license. She will start her riding lessons soon and she needs this stupid India bike to practice on.... haizzz....

Seeing what I have gone through with this bike, she doesn't feel confident relying on this hunk of Indian junk for her daily commute. When the insurance expires in Feb nxt year, I will have to reinsure it with some kind of roadside assistance service for her. She needs to thrash this bike for a year before getting rid of it & buying a new bike of her choosing.

My customer experience with the Dominar 400 has been utterly S.H.I.T.E.

This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Nov 18 2021, 02:07 PM

The Tiger 850/900 is a completely different animal (pun intended) compared to the Tiger 660.

I bought it to do what my Dominar failed to do - to tour 2-up with wife & luggage in comfort & with shitloads of grunt. Even in its "detuned" guise, Triumph's new 888cc t-plane triple hauls ass with a passenger on board in any gear!

Being new to adv tourers, seat height & weight are of special concern to me & surprisingly the cheaper 850 ticks both boxes better than the rest of the 900s. After a trip to the famous Has Cushion, I can now flatfoot the damn thing when loaded up with wife & luggage with the rear preload 3/4 max.... and that's a huuuge boost to my confidence in handling my first proper adv tourer.

None of this has anything to do with your 660 though. However you'll get the same top-notch purchasing experience I enjoyed. First there's the test ride - take your time to go thru every inch of the bike to discover that Triumphs are generally exceptionally well built & they are rich in the little details (ie logo stamped on the swingarm, deep lacquered paint etc!) Salesman bagi layanan penuh tu toksah ceritalah since it's a given coz they take special pride in having successfully acquired you as their customer... but once the bike is yours, you can come while they walk you thru the pre-PDI check where the guy will explain in greater detail in ins & outs of the bike. On the delivery day, you'll go thru a handover ritual where they'll go thru the delivery order checklist with you, hand you your nice Triumph zipper folder with ur spare key (the keys look fabulous!), lock barrels, manual, svc book etc. They'll take your photo with your shiny new bike with a full tank of fuel & add you to the RATpack group. There is a sense of welcoming into a family, so to speak.

I got jack shit when I bought my Dominar. They handed me my geran + keys & chased me out in 5 minutes. There was just barely enough fuel in the tank to reach the nearest petrol station! Eang Chun guys didn't even know my name & frankly they didn't care. Now I have to live with a shit bike for another year.

This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Nov 22 2021, 10:23 AM

My wife is interested in the Trident 660 and is in the process of doing her B Full license. When she's ready, we intend to test ride the bugger & see what the new 660 triple engine is all about.

The salesman advised me against opting for the Tiger 900 GT Low version since it includes not only a lower seat but also reduced suspension travel. Happily though I found the stock seat on my 850 to be adequate in the stock low position, requiring shaving off just a few mm to make it just perfect.

Again, the Tiger 660 is a diff bike. Recommend you sign up for a test ride when it arrives next year.

For RM13000, can we at least expect a bike that does not come with rust water in the radiator, leaking fork seals & brakes that don't work...

... or is that far too much to ask?

Good to know others are happy with their D400.

Me, my direct personal experience with this bike as an owner has not been pleasant. For example, right now it has been stuck at the Modenas Svc Ctr in Kg Subang for 4 bloody weeks already for its 3rd warranty claim. Tell me who's happy with that, even if it's a RM5k kapcai?


This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Nov 22 2021, 10:26 AM

I too avoid the Modernass retards like the plague as much as I can, so I service the bike elsewhere.

But when the bike shat itself and I needed to claim warranty, Eang Chun told me fuck it wait for the lorry to come to load up the bike & send it to... yep you guessed it... Modenas Kg Subang, Shah Alam.

LPPL.

So better pray to god Modenass made your bike on a good day, not on a Friday when those lazy bastards cut corners to go home early for the weekend. Otherwise, you will know my pain when you have to claim warranty...

EC didn't want to deal with warranty claims, refused to make Modenas's lousy QC their problem. They taichi me back to Modernas Shah Alam in Kg Subang, siap suruh tinggal motor tunggu lori datang angkut when they're free.

Incidentally... my bike is still there, coming to 5 weeks edy waiting for them to honour their warranty.

I think I need to go there tomorrow and hound them myself.

Really beh than man....

Motor Modenas, tapi bila claim warranty kena tunggu macam Ducati.

I paid the Modenas Svc Ctr a visit today to find out why my bike is still stuck there after 5 weeks.

The farting problem has been rectified. They hv replaced the ignition coil, runs fine now according to them.

To address my angry complaint about the fork seals that repeatly leak despite being replaced under warranty, they're replacing the fork stanchions for new ones from India. Yep.. the chrome leg... both of them. Brand new ones. The new stanchions shd be in by early Dec.

New fork stanchions aren't something you'd consider a 'simple fix' or something regular workshops are prepared to propose.

Daily? Imma gonna need this when my bike runs out of warranty in Feb.

What is the name and location of your shop?

This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Nov 28 2021, 05:12 AM

I finally got my bike back from Modenas after a good month and a half waiting, but my joy was shortlived when the speedo died just before I reached home.

Seriously WTmotherF....!!

I'll pop over tomorrow.

My Dominar is now officially on its 4th warranty claim. FOURTH.

The ABS system has shit itself, after a week Vi says it will take another 3 fcuking weeks just to get the claim approved.

So that's one whole month more, on the back of 1.5 months stick in Modenas getting the fork stanchion + seals & ignition coil replaced under the 3rd warranty claim.

This piece of shit motherfcuker only has 1 job to do -- to let my wife train for her B Full test -- and even that simple job it cannot fcuking do.

Fcuking disgusted & angry.

Already bought another bike to replace it.

Now my wife needs to train on it for her B Full test. If it weren't for that I would have gotten rid of it a long time ago.

Her driving school refused to teach her how to ride coz is it'll take more hours than what her RM850 package includes, instead they told her to piss off & learn to ride somewhere else first using somebody else's bike.

So now the thinking is that once she passes her test, I'll trade it in for an SV650 or CB650R for her.

Easier said than done, coz even training my wife is too big a deal for the D400 - it keeps crapping out & prefers to spend f**king MONTHS hibernating inside a Modenas workshop instead of letting my wife train on it.

Akademi Propandu. So now she needs my D400 to practice on.

She has never ridden a motorcycle before ever, so she needs to lean static & dynamic balancing, countersteering, clutch & low speed control.

She took 2 classes from Hafiz Azmi who owns Hafiz Azmi Riding School to get her off the ground on a clutch cubkia, the rest is me coaching her on my D400 Superturd (coz no way in hell imma gonna let her touch my Tiger). She can ride now after 3 weeks but still needs lots & lots of riding hours to build her confidence.

One good thing about the D400 Superturd is that I totally don't care if she drops the bike -- turns out that the stock crash bars are more than adequate to deal with it. In fact I'm happy she dropped it twice while making a low speed turn after stalling the engine, coz now she knows what it's like, what the warning signs are that the bike's gonna drop & how to fall away from a bike.

The only caveat is that the rubber gasket around the petrol filler cap is so utterly shite, petrol will leak like crazy when you drop the bike. A f**king fire hazard, on top of being unreliable!

She does like the sound of the Honda, the design of the bike is more practical than the Triumph Trident. But somehow she feels the SV650 is easier to manage (skinny bike & I bet Suzuki's Low RPM Throttle Assist will be a big hit with newbies like her). Me, I'd go for a cheap used XJ6 coz I know she gonna drop it too! Lol...

This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Jan 2 2022, 02:50 PM

I've dropped (and crashed) my previous bikes before, but this is the only one I owned that friggin pours petrol when down on its side. Like, petrol was literally streaming out of it.

Maybe I should hv taken a video of it, but I was too preoccupied stopping it from catching fire.

While nobody's expecting to get Honda quality at Bajaj prices, that's no excuse to put up with a grossly DEFECTIVE product.

I was willing to close both eyes if the defects were cosmetic or minor, like the tank badge that peeled off the day I rode it out of the showroom. But stuff like faulty ABS units etc that render the bike unrideable are just not acceptable by any standard.

"Ko nak menyalak buatpa, bodo. Claim je la pastu tolong diam," that was the reply I got from these guys. So yeah OK... then what happens when the warranty runs out & you can no longer claim? By their own logic, you just get rid of it lah... and that's what I did.

Glad to have left all that behind me. What a nightmare.

This post has been edited by ZZR-Pilot: Mar 5 2022, 10:52 PM

Not sure if anyone has heard this news yet or not, but Modenas has announced a new 2-year warranty on selected models that are purchased 1 Sept 2022 onwards. It is optional and owners have to pay for it.

There is currently a 2-year warranty for models such as the D400 (I know coz I made full use of it right to near the end of that period). I hope this new warranty scheme is on top of the existing one (2+2 years) and does not replace it.


https://<link removed>/2022/09/02/modenas-mala...-6-bike-models/



MODENAS new extended warranty programme offers 2 years of additional coverage
Purva Jain Sep 02, 2022 For Modenas Dominar D400

MODENAS new extended warranty programme offers 2 years of additional coverage

KUALA LUMPUR: MODENAS has announced its new extended warranty programme wherein it offers an additional 2 years or 65,000 km of additional coverage for selected models that are sold and registered from 1 September 2022 onwards.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Which Modenas motorcycles benefit from the new EW programme?
The new warranty programme extends to the following Modenas models - Kriss 110, Karisma 125S, Elegan 250, Dominar D400, Pulsar RS200, and Pulsar NS200.

How will Modenas new EW programme benefit its customers?
The new EW programme covers sudden and unexpected motorcycle failure (concerning selected factory mechanical and electrical components).

"As insurers, our focus is firmly on being there for customers and providing them with a positive experience during their time of need, and even more so now when Malaysian households are financially vulnerable due to rising costs. We are delighted to partner with MODENAS to offer this EW programme that offers riders a fast, easy, and seamless experience with maintenance and repairs. Moreover, the programme also serves as an endorsement of Allianz General's track record as a trusted insurer that delivers the best for its customers,” said Allianz General CEO, Sean Wang.

The new warranty programme extends on the below-mentioned Modenas models -

Kriss 110
Karisma 125S
Elegan 250
Dominar D400
Pulsar RS200
Pulsar NS200

It is to be noted that MODENAS' new extended warranty programme is an optional third-party functional warranty that is being offered by Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad. The towing service will be provided by Allianz Partners Malaysia.

Also present at the announcement event was Allianz Partners Malaysia CEO, Elias Wahidi who said, "We are delighted that MODENAS has chosen APM to provide its EW solution. The partnership will provide extra peace of mind for MODENAS customers when making their purchase decisions, knowing the vehicle is protected with a warranty. We are very much looking forward to developing our partnership with MODENAS and to supporting their customers. In addition, we're confident that our partnership will help stimulate the quality of MODENAS motorcycles in the coming years."

MODENAS new extended warranty programme features

Some of the key features of the MODENAS new warranty programme are -

- Use of genuine Modenas' spare parts (30k parts, all with a 2-year unlimited mileage warranty)
- 24hrs, 365 days of Roadside Breakdown Assistance
- Better resale value for the bike
- Fully transferable on resume for bike
- Towing service by RBA now extends to the nearest MODENAS authorized service centre within a 100 km radius
- Covers sudden and unexpected motorcycle failure (concerning selected factory mechanical and electrical components)

Overall, such value-added options will help customers avoid unexpected financial costs, especially with the frequent need for motorcycle maintenance and repair. Further search TV programmes also aid the industry’s growth via the feature of transferability of extended warranties that ensures the vehicle is covered even when it is passed on to a new owner.

“If you want a more targeted protection than what MODENAS is currently offering, you may want to consider the EW programme where it offers multiple levels of coverage that has been tailored to your motorcycle's needs. The NEW programme protects both your motorcycle and wallet from costly repairs due to mechanical and electrical breakdown. In addition, your motorcycles are assured of the usage of genuine MODENAS parts', said Roslan Roskan Chief Executive Officer of MODENAS.

Allianz Partners South East Asia CEO, Steve Watkins, added:" We are excited to be working with an innovative player such as MODENAS. Allianz Partners has been a strategic partner for the Automotive Industry for many years, and we embrace the opportunity to work primarily with a national manufacturer in the motorcycle industry that is helping to shape the industry's future. We look forward to working closely together in Malaysia and any opportunities for a future programme”.

Wanna know more about MODENAS' latest warranty programme, call toll-free number 1-800-880-181, WhatsApp at 091-570 8135, or visit your nearest Modenas service centre.

D400 is extremely good for that..!! My wife dropped it a shit ton because she never even rode a bike before, I even lost count. My heart oso no pain, in fact I thought the turd finally got the treatment it deserved.

The dinky factory crashbar took my wife's hamfisted handling well surprisingly. Some black spray paint later, it was enough for me to pawn it off for RM9000 at GS Cycle. It buggered off to some clueless fella a month later.