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Everyone says that starting a business is expensive and risky, but it doesn't have to be. One approach, which some consider safer, is owning a franchise. It has a proven business model, a brand built in and corporate support. And not every franchise will cost you millions. In fact, you can start some franchises for less than five figures -- and not just random, bargain-bin franchises, but companies that made our 2017 Franchise 500 List.

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The Most Innovative Companies of the 2018 Inc. 5000

There are a lot of ways to build fast-growth companies. Just consider this year's Inc. 5000 list. The annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America includes everything from canned wine producers and freight movers to kayak makers and truck bumper manufacturers.

The six companies below, though, take the cake when it comes to innovative business models. Whether it's reinventing hospital garb or hosting mind-blowing vacations, these startups all have one thing in common: They have tapped into something their customers really  wanted.

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More Than 150,000 U.S. Small-Business Websites Could Be Infected With Malware at Any Given Moment

Small-business owners were victims in 43 percent of data breaches tracked between Nov. 1, 2017, and Oct. 31, 2018, according to a 2019 Verizon report. The report tracked security incidents across all industries, but the most vulnerable sectors this year were retail, accommodation and healthcare.

What does the issue look like on a national scale? If we take the sample size of infected sites SiteLock said they found in 2018 -- approximately 47,244 out of 6,056,969 checked -- and apply that percentage to the country’s estimated 30.2 million small-businesses websites, minus the estimated 36 percent that do not have one, then we can loosely estimate the amount of infected small-business websites to be around 150,757.

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Cyberattacks now cost small companies $200,000 on average, putting many out of business

- Forty-three percent of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14% are prepared to defend themselves, according to Accenture.
- These incidents now cost small businesses $200,000 on average, reveals insurance carrier Hiscox, with 60% of them going out of business within six months of being victimized.
- More than half of all small businesses suffered a breach within the last year.
- Today it’s critical for small businesses to adopt strategies for fighting cyberthreats.

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One Way to Start a Lucrative Career From Home That Could Pay $50,000 in a Day

We are in the midst of a difficult time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a health crisis, and both the economy and jobs are suffering as a result.

While many of us can work from home, others cannot. But if a silver lining exists, perhaps it’s this: Now is the perfect time to learn a skill or launch a new career. Affiliate marketing gives you that opportunity.

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Globalcaja Destina 250.000 Euros a Familias de Letur y Mira Afectadas por la DANA a través de Servicios Sociales

En un esfuerzo conjunto para mitigar los efectos devastadores de la reciente DANA que golpeó las localidades de Letur en Albacete y Mira en Cuenca, Globalcaja ha destinado un fondo de 250.000 euros que será gestionado por los Servicios Sociales de Atención Primaria de Castilla-La Mancha. Esta ayuda económica será repartida equitativamente entre ambas localidades […]

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Make $2,000 to $6,000 Per Day From Home! - Not MLM

I do a lot of surfing around the net to see what types
of home businesses there are out there and a
surprisingly large number of them all have the same
hook, that being the one that I mentioned in the
subject for this email.

Now I have no problem with home businesses or the life
changing effects that they can have on a person's life,
I'd be a hypocrite if I did, but I do get a little
upset from time and time when I see right there in the
headline NOT M'LM as if network marketing was something
negative.

To be honest, when I see home businesses marketed in
such a way I really see them as sort of sneaky and not
the type of business that I would want to be associated
with. The reason is, I think it's underhanded to say
that a business is not network marketing when, in
essence, it truly is.

They are network-marketing companies; they just have a
different compensation structure.

It's mostly the one up programs that make these claims
as if it's above network marketing, but tell me . . .

If the business involves generating leads for a
particular opportunity then making contact with them in
order to sell them that particular opportunity be it
online, offline, or via the phone how is this any
different from network marketing?

Isn't that in general what network marketers do?

The only difference is you only obtain a commission on
one level, but you still have to DO the exact same
things a network marketer does, i.e. recruit and train
recruits to do the same.

The only difference is leverage, which network
marketing has in more abundance than a 1 up or 2 up
program. I would rather train a team and depend on them
then one or two people who could flip flop.

There are arguments to be made on both sides when it
comes to income potential, but when it comes to day to
day interactions they are in fact the same.

It's like the pot calling the kettle black and I just
find it to be dishonest.

To make the point clear, I've had both network
marketers and marketers of these 1 up deals market to
me personally over the phone and their ain't no
difference in what they say except one say it's not
network marketing.

Silly to me

Both involve personal marketing and sales to promote a
specific opportunity where you get paid on both your
efforts and the efforts of those who you bring into the
business yet one claims not to be network marketing, so
I ask you . . .

Isn't it?

As if network marketing was something negative. I know
of no other way that a person can personally empower
themselves to do great things and live the life they
deserve and desire, what's the downside to that?

Just a rant, but it's always important to analyze what
you're being sold and why it's being sold in such a way
i.e. the angle. You find nobility and honesty in some
via this analysis and lies and dishonest in others and
it's not worth working with liars to make a buck in my
book.

There is an extremely limited time offer going on right
below you're noses. Follow the link here and you'll
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How I delayed at least 25,000 people's journey to work this morning

This is not an exciting story, despite the title. But it’s true. And it happens to dozens of people every day, and is the reason why getting to work in London can sometimes take so long.

First, let me explain that this is not a story of me causing a fire alarm to go off, for anti-terrorist police to close a station for half an hour, or some dramatic incident that has left TfL seeking an ASBO against me.

This is a story that starts with a strap of a backpack. This strap, in fact:

This morning I caught a tube from Baron’s Court on the District Line heading East. Normally I change at South Kensington for a Circle Line to Moorgate, or hop off at Mansion House and walk up to the office through the City. This morning I had decided to stay on the District line until Blackfriars, and change there for a Circle line. It’s a man’s perogative, etc.

The tube this morning was very busy. During the Olympics it has on the whole been very quiet, but this morning it was the normal 8:15-8:45am peak time crush. I was stood right next to the door at the very front of the train, crushed in by about 20 other souls attempting to share the exact same square foot I was stood on.

At Victoria, as is often the way for the District Line, a lot of hustling and bustling went on as people fought their way out to the platform, and others tried to struggle onto the train. After around a minute, the doors closed.

Except for the one next to me. Looking down, it was jammed on my bag strap.

Swearing, I attempted to free it. It was jammed solid because the hydraulic pressure of the door was pushing against it, but not with sufficient force for the door to close. The guy next to me tried to help. The guy on the platform waiting for the next train also tried to help. Neither of us could free it. Moving it simply led to the door moving along a bit, keeping the strap jammed.

Then the sound of hydraulics releasing was heard, all the doors on the train went to open, and the driver climbed out of the cab. The release of pressure had allowed me to unjam the strap, and recover it into the train. The driver confirmed we were all fine, climbed back into the cab, closed the doors, and off we went.

I apologised to those around me for delaying their journey, even though the total delay was perhaps 60-90 seconds.

Then realised everybody else on the train was delayed, too.

Then a thought about queuing theory and a little knowledge about how loaded that line is with train traffic at that time of the morning hit me: I had delayed tens of thousands of people.

Let me explain how I worked this out.

The District Line is composed of rather large gauge trains. I estimate that conservatively, each train is capable of shifting 2,000 people during peak times. There were certainly at least 2,000 people on my train this morning. Yes, they are only 6 carriages each, but each is certainly capable of holding nearly 350 people, and frequently does. I’m prepared to revise my numbers down if shown evidence.

In addition, the District Line platforms are not just used by the District Line. They’re also used by the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Tower Hill.

A glance at any “passenger information display” on a platform along this part of the network during rush hour will tell you the mean time between trains is 1 minute. There are close to 60 trains an hour going along that piece of track during rush hour.

Because my train was delayed for over a minute, this must have caused the train behind it to be given a red signal. This in turn would have caused the train behind that to be given a red signal, and so on. This buffer effect would be dampened beyond Gloucester Road going West, because the Circle and District lines diverge, giving more time for the red signals to switch to green, meaning scheduled trains would not have to stop in an unscheduled manner.

However, there would have been at least - I think - 5 trains affected by this delay in addition to my own. So we’re now up to 12,000 people in total delayed by my bag strap jamming a door.

It gets worse.

I changed at Blackfriars to a Circle line train. I got off the train I had delayed, waited 60 seconds on the platform and got on the Circle line train immediately following it, obviously now delayed. Cautiously making sure my bag was far from any doors, I boarded aware this train was now at least 2 minutes late against schedule.

Satisfied at the figure I had come up with of around 12,000 delayed passengers, I had assumed I had done no more damage, until we got to Aldgate.

The tube system has a tendency to expect passengers always want to be moving all of the time. Any delay of more than a minute or two at a station is always explained via an announcement. As we sat at Aldgate, the driver announced we were being “regulated” by a red signal. Looking out of the window, I could see an East-bound Metropolitan line train crossing our tracks to head across to East London.

That’s when it hit me. We were “out of position”. The train was a couple of minutes late, and so the guys running the switching had decided to give priority to the Metropolitan Line train, and we were held for approximately 4-5 minutes.

Whilst this part of the Circle line between Aldgate and Tower Hill was not as busy as the District/Circle line Tower Hill back West, a 4 minute delay was enough to ensure that the train behind us was going to be red signalled waiting for us to clear the platform.

That would be enough for the train behind that to be stopped.

And that would be enough for the train behind that to be stopped, which would probably be on the shared part of the network. That would be enough to cascade across the whole part of that line back to Gloucester Road, causing delays to perhaps 12 trains in total.

By now the numbers per carriage were down a little as we were close to the end of peak, but there was probably at least 1,000 people per train out there. Rounding up for the few more probably still around the Victoria area, and we’re up to 25,000 people.

There’s obviously some fudging here - people boarding trains at the “correct time” for them, did not realise the train they were getting was in fact the one after the one they had expected, and they did not suffer any delay. But I also suspect that this effect wasn’t dampened until after the peak ended at around 9:30am, and there were people who boarded their trains at 8:30am or before still out there (it can take 60 minutes easily to get from the “end” of a line into central London), whose journey had taken at least a few minutes longer than normal.

I doubt many noticed. I doubt anybody cares.

But it did make me think about how queueing theory applies to real world problems, and how when TfL moan about people keeping coats, bags and belongings clear of the doors, or jamming the doors to squeeze on rather than wait 6 more minutes for the next train, that they might have a point.

If you cause a train to be delayed, you are not simply inconveniencing the dozen or so people glaring at you in your vicinity. Or the people on the rest of the train who would glare at you if they could. But in fact, you have a cascade effect down the rest of the network. Tens of thousands of people delayed, because you didn’t want to wait 5 minutes. Or because you didn’t keep an eye on your belongings near the door.

I’ll certainly be more careful in future.

The next time I’m sat waiting for a signal to clear or am told that we are “being regulated”, I’ll wonder about whose bag or foot was to blame, and how the numbers of people flowing through London make butterflies flapping their wings on the network capable of huge cascading effects on transport infrastructure.




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Sells Building 511 m2 (5,500 ft2): 150,000 EUR

Italy - 34170 - GORIZIA (FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA) - Sells Building, available on Wednesday, January 01, 2025: 150,000 EUR. Good state. Surface: 511 m2 (5,500 ft2).




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Sells 6 bedrooms apartment 109 m2 (1,173 ft2): 305,000 EUR

Portugal - 4740-562 - ESPOSENDE (NORTE) - Sells 6 bedrooms apartment, empty, available on Tuesday, October 01, 2024: 305,000 EUR. Underground parking. Perfect state. Rooms: entrance, dining room, 2 separated WC or more, american kitchen, cellar, 3 bedrooms. Habitable surface: 109 m2 (1,173 ft2). 1st floor with elevator. Near: shops. Clear, shiny. Principal exposure: west. Beautiful volumes, chimney, many wall cupboards.




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Costa Rica - 60701 - GOLFITO (PUNTARENAS) - Sells bungalow, furnished or empty, available on Sunday, December 01, 2024: 518,000,000 CRC. Underground parking. Good state. Rooms: entrance, livingroom, double livingroom, dining room, separated WC, 2 separated WC or more, bathroom, water room, american kitchen, separated kitchen, 6 bedrooms. Habitable surface: 250 m2 (2,691 ft2), garden: 200,000 m2 (2,152,783 ft2). Ribbed sheets. Equipment: washing machine.




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NVIDIA se concentrerait sur la production des futures RTX 5000

De nouvelles rumeurs font écho d'un focus de la part de NVIDIA se concentrerait sur la production des futures RTX 5000, cela se traduirait par l'arrêt des chaines de production de la plupart des RTX 4000. Concrètement, NVIDIA aurait cessé de produire des puces AD102, 103, 104 et 106, seules les AD107 seraient encore en production, qui équipent classiquement les RTX 4060 desktop et les RTX 4050 laptop. […]

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www.problogger.net/archives/category/birthday-prize-giveaway/ ProBlogger is having a birthday bash with $54,000 in prizes. ProBlogger is a blog dedicated to the topic of making money with blogging. It is a tantalizing idea, but I tend to spend more time programming my site than writing on it. Still, I enjoy reading the tips about blogging, which I may actually implement someday. I am writing this post as my entry to win 2 LG 20" USB LCD monitors provided by DisplayLink (www.displaylink.com) That would be an awesome compliment to my new 22" Viewsonic LCD. So, everyone check out ProBlogger, it's an interesting read.




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400,000 New Yorkers Breathed the most Toxic Pollutant. Asbestos Poisoning Symptoms. Are you at Risk?by: Tadas TalaikisRecent study of U.S. government provides the latest evidence of a systematic cover-up of the health toll from pollution after the 9/11 disaster, which doctors fear will cause more deaths than the attacks themselves.Belfast Telegraph says, The Bush administration suppressed




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Hong Kong offers 500,000 free air tickets to tempt tourists back

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Industry-Leading Cloud Hosting Provider 'gotomyerp' Now Offering $3,000 In Free Consulting For Businesses Interested In Secure Hosting Solutions

Gotomyerp, a leading cloud hosting provider for QuickBooks, SAP, Sage Cloud applications, and other third-party ERP (enterprise resource planning) business applications across the United States, Canada, and Mexico is celebrating its 16th year of offering secure and reliable enterprise cloud hosting solutions for businesses with a special offer for new clientele.




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Nigeria: U.S. Govt Offers $25,000 Bounty for Wanted Nigerian Man Over Child's Murder

[Premium Times] The issue began in April 2017 in Providence, Rhodes Island, where he lived, when police officers found his son in a dying condition, bleeding from the mouth and nose.




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Zimbabwe: Kweseka Wins U.S.$15 000 At 2024 Chibuku Road to Fame

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Nigeria: US Adds Nigerian Man to '15 Most Wanted' List for Child Murder - Offers $25,000 Reward

[Vanguard] A Nigerian man sought by Rhode Island authorities on charges of murder, serious bodily harm to a child, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution has been added to the U.S. Marshals Service's "15 Most Wanted" list. A reward of up to $25,000 is offered for information leading to his arrest.




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Nigeria: Lagos Targets 8,000 Individuals for 2025 HIV/Aids Survey

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Africa: African Women Football Clubs Will Receive USD 150 000 Each for Participating in the CAF Women's Champions League Morocco 2024

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Africa: Two Days to CAF Women's Champions League - Trip Down Memory Lane When 30 000 Fans Witnessed As Far Make History

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Namibia: More Than 200,000 Namibians Live With HIV

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Cameroon: WFP Responds to Severe Flooding in Cameroon That Affects Over 400,000 People

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Liberia: 14,000 Customers, Less Than 5,000 Pay Water Bills, Says LWSC Boss Mo Ali

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How many numbers have been issued on your aadhaar? — Frauds guised as policemen “digital arrest” PhD student, took Rs 275,000




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Untouched 2,000-Year-Old Temple of an Ancient Civilization Found Off the Coast of Italy

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The Fastest Train in the World: Capable of Reaching Speeds up to 1,000 km/h!

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WiDEF offers USD 500,000 in grants to expand digital inclusion for women in India

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UAE national internet domain '.ae' marks 347,000 registrations

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Swedish streaming adds 600,000 subscriptions year on year in Q3 after ad-supported tier boost

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Bajaj Pulsar N250 long term review, 2000km report

With the Suzuki V-Strom SX having left our fleet, I was without a long-termer for my daily commute to the office. As luck would have it though, Dinshaw, who was the custodian of our long-term Bajaj Pulsar N250, was set to go on a lengthy leave. So I was more than glad to grab the keys and draft it in as my V-Strom replacement. At least for the time being, is what I told my colleague.

Powerful LED headlight is one of the best I’ve experienced.

But over the last few months, I’ve really grown to like the N250, so much so that Dinshaw has had to resort to using one of our other long-termers. Jumping off the Suzuki, the Bajaj feels compact and much more manageable in traffic, which is a boon. A special shoutout has to go to the superb headlight of the Pulsar; it’s a better and more effective unit than I’ve experienced on many bigger and more expensive bikes. The Pulsar also dealt with one of the longest monsoon seasons in recent memory with ease. There’s barely any rusting to speak of, apart from some small bolts, and even the plastic and rubber parts have held up well.

Superbly efficient; returned over 500km on a single tank.

While our Pulsar N250 has been largely reserved for commuting, I did take it on a brief spin out on the highway and that shed light on a few things. Firstly, this 250cc mill is superbly refined with barely any vibrations at 90-95kph cruising speeds, which takes some fatigue out of riding for a long time. On the flipside though, I found the seat cushioning to be too hard. Granted, I don’t have the most padded posterior around, but even so, I’ve been finding it too uncomfortable leading me to move around on the seat every couple of minutes to ease some of the pain.

Seat padding is hard and gets painful after a while.

But a major reason for why it’s been hard to handover the keys of the Pulsar has been the superb fuel economy. With my regular commute and this brief highway stint taken into account, the Pulsar N250 managed an eye-opening 500km+ on a single tank. And it goes without saying that it has not all been sedate riding. I’ve genuinely been impressed with the N250’s balance of performance and efficiency.

Reflector on the fork held on by adhesive strip, and has fallen off.

However, as time has gone on, some issues have begun to creep in. The smaller issue is that one of the reflectors on the front fork came loose and fell off. It is held on by just an adhesive strip and I’m sure there are better ways to keep it secure. The bigger issue, however, has been with the front brake. When riding at low speeds, it feels like the brake pads are rubbing against the disc in an unusual manner even without the lever being pressed, almost as if the disc is warped. When I took over the bike this was barely noticeable, but it has grown as our time with the bike has progressed. The Pulsar is now off for its service and a check-up. More on the service costs and the front brake issue in the next report.




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New Royal Enfield Himalayan long-term review, 1,000km report

The motorcycle you see here came fresh from the showroom with just a handful of kilometres on the clock and we’ve already passed the 1,000km mark. Most of that has been within the city as the bike eats through my near-70km round trip commute to work with effortless ease. 

On most motorcycles, the one-way journey usually takes 50-55 minutes on a good day, but the Himalayan has sliced that down to about 45-50 minutes. It’s not like I’m going any faster than I normally would, but I just don’t have to slow down that much over the bad patches.

Superb suspension means the bike isn’t fazed by the worst of Mumbai’s roads.

The Himalayan’s superb suspension along with its composed chassis and comfy riding position help it plough through broken stretches without a care, and that’s a beautiful feeling if you live somewhere with terrible roads. 

This is a big bike, there’s no getting around that. Shorter or less experienced riders will find it a bit intimidating and you do feel the heft when lifting it off the side stand. But in a market where approachability and friendliness is pretty much the norm, it’s refreshing to have the option of a proper, large motorcycle. Besides which, I find the size and heft is completely justified given the bike’s comfort, capability and large fuel tank. 

Tubed tyres always in the back of your mind, still waiting for the optional tubeless rims.

In traffic, the steering requires less effort than you’d expect and that makes filtering through tight gaps quite easy. I recently got to ride my brother’s 390 Adventure across the city with him riding the Himalayan. After an hour and a half, it was apparent that the rider on the Himalayan has to work less and feels less fatigue as well thanks to the suspension, seating position and mid-range torque. In comparison, the KTM is noticeably more sporty and lighter feeling, (both in general and in terms of clutch weight). It was also more rewarding when revved out but I was happy to be back on the Himalayan after the ride.

Luggage rack now rated for 7kg instead of 5kg; feels like it can take a lot more.

Reliability so far has been spot on. The bike starts without hassle, has never stalled or done anything weird and the fuel gauge is delightfully accurate – something RE’s other bikes could definitely learn from. I’ve been getting around 25kpl in the city with plenty of spirited riding and with that big 17-litre tank, highway range is very good.

The Himalayan’s first service is due at the 500km mark, at which point the service centre gives the bike a general check-up and changes the engine oil. The cost came up to Rs 3,062, of which Rs 2,415 was towards 2.1 litres of semi-synthetic 10W-40 engine oil. The rest included Rs 250 towards a “first service kit”, Rs 118 towards “consumable charges” and Rs 279 towards a chain lube and cleaning kit. 

Riding modes sometimes refuse to change until you turn the ignition off and on again.

That essentially sums up life with the Himalayan so far and it’s been a good time. I’d like to be able to do some off-road riding before this pleasant Mumbai winter weather burns away and maybe get a few choice accessories installed as well. More will be shared in the next report.

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Bajaj Pulsar N250 long-term review, 3,000km report

The time has come for our long-term Bajaj Pulsar N250 to return to its maker and it will be missed. Partly because it leaves me without a bike to commute to and from the office, and I now have to drive or take the train; both of which I find tedious. But it’s mostly because of how good a package it actually is.

Clutch lever is super light; takes the pain out of commuting.

For starters, I really like the design and the black paint with red accents on our bike has grown on me. Ours is the dual-channel, ABS-equipped version, which can only be had in this scheme. This may not be to everyone’s taste, so perhaps Bajaj should look into offering more colours. Another thing I grew to appreciate was the digi-analogue cluster. The big analogue tacho that takes centre stage looks really nice and I love the way it does an end-to-end sweep whenever you twist the key on. The digital screen, however, is a little too small for the amount of info it packs in. However, Bajaj will soon launch an updated model with a fully digital display.

Fuel efficiency has also been a big plus. I’ve been averaging around 36kpl in varied conditions and not all of it has been with a light twist of the wrist. The silky motor has enough pep and it sounds good too. Finally, the light clutch and comfy suspension also meant that it dealt with Mumbai’s broken and jam-packed roads with ease. 

Handlebar is set low, which puts pressure on your wrists.

Some of the things that were not so nice were its hard seat, the low-set handlebar and some minor oxidation on the bolts of the handlebar clamp. Now, let’s come to the issue with the front disc that, unfortunately, became the main talking point in its last few weeks with us.

Upon the issue worsening a couple of months into our tenure, the bike went to the Bajaj service centre for inspection. They got back saying the issue was with the brake pads as they weren’t set correctly and that it has been rectified. However, the problem crept up again within a day. After another visit to the service centre yielded similar results, the bike went back to Bajaj for inspection. And it was there where our original suspicion was confirmed; the N250 did, in fact, have a warped disc.

Front disc became warped resulting in a pulsation while braking.

This doesn’t seem to be a known issue and as the bike had never been dropped or crashed, the only plausible explanation was a manufacturing defect. The front disc (Rs 2,242) was then replaced and the bike was returned to us. Ever since, the Pulsar N250 was working just fine till it left our fleet. Bajaj tells us that the disc will be replaced under warranty, as long as the brake pad wear is within defined limits. 

We love the raspy, sport exhaust note this 250cc mill makes.

Our time with the Pulsar N250 was mostly spent commuting in the city and that’s where it feels at home. Sure, it can tour if you want it to, it just won’t be very enjoyable because there isn’t much high-speed performance. On the whole, I’ve really liked the time I’ve spent on the N250 and if you are looking at a sporty motorcycle that’s relatively comfy, looks good and is light on your wallet, this one is worth considering.

Also See:

Bajaj Pulsar N250 long term review, 730km report

Bajaj Pulsar N250 long term review, 2000km report