Founded 2009 · New Delhi · Official Royal Enfield Partner
We started because a rented bike
broke down and nobody came.
That’s it. That’s the whole reason Stoneheadbikes exists since 2009. One bad experience in Ladakh in 2009, and a decision that everything could be done better.
The Stoneheadbikes Story
How it started
A rented bike, an empty road, and nobody picking up the phone.
Khomendra Singh was working a regular office job in Delhi in 2009. The kind where Sunday comes and you’re already dreading Monday. He booked a bike trip to Ladakh — not a tour, just a rented motorcycle and open roads — and that trip was supposed to be the release valve.
The bike gave up somewhere in the mountains. He called the rental agency. No answer. When he finally got back and returned the bike without any damages, they kept his deposit anyway. Said he’d ridden recklessly. He hadn’t.
It wasn’t just the money. It was the feeling of being taken for a ride — figuratively — on a trip he’d planned to feel free.
“If I’m going to feel this way, I might as well build something better myself.”
— Khomendra Singh, Founder & CEO, Stoneheadbikes
2009 — Year one
Starting from a rented room with two motorcycles and one rule.
A colleague made an offhand joke: “Why don’t you just start your own rental company?” Khomendra took it seriously.
In 2009, he set up shop in a rented space in East Delhi. Two bikes. He serviced them himself. He handled every customer call himself. The rule he made on day one was simple: if a rider calls, someone picks up. No exceptions.
There was no investment, no backing, no industry playbook. Motorcycle rental in India in 2009 was essentially unregulated — no standards, no accountability, no transparency. Which meant there was room to do it properly.
2011 — A first
India’s first motorcycle rental website. Built by a rider, for riders.
In early 2011, Stoneheadbikes launched what became India’s first dedicated motorcycle rental website. Riders could see exactly which bikes were available, what they cost, and what the terms were — before speaking to anyone. Transparency wasn’t a selling point. It was the point.
From that moment, growth was steady. Not viral, not overnight — just consistent, because the experience kept delivering what it promised.
“I still check every bike personally before it goes out. Not because I don’t trust the team — because I trust the rider on the other end.”
— Khomendra Singh, on why he still shows up at the workshop
Today
Same rule. Much bigger fleet.
Stoneheadbikes now runs over 200 motorcycles across Delhi NCR — Royal Enfields, KTMs, Yamahas, Bajajs, adventure bikes, scooters. Operations span Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, and Leh. Riders from over 40 countries have booked through us.
In 2023, Stoneheadbikes became an Official Royal Enfield Rentals and Tours Partner — a recognition that only goes to operators who meet Royal Enfield’s own standards for fleet quality, safety, and rider experience.
The phone still gets picked up.
We don’t rent motorcycles.
We hand over freedom for a few days.
Anyone can own a fleet. The hard part is making sure that when a rider calls from a mountain road with a flat tyre, someone answers. That’s the only thing we’ve ever really been building — a company you can trust when it matters.
If this sounds like the kind of company you want to ride with —
