Ride together.
Give back together.
A motorcycle riding community — not a tour company. We ride as one briefed group, and every ride does real work for nature. New, solo, women and experienced riders all welcome.
Our motto
We don't just ride. We give back.
Roar Riders began with a conversation riders keep having at fuel stops. The roads are as good as ever; the places at the end of them are not — plastic in the streams, roadkill where a crossing used to be, viewpoints turned into bins by every long weekend. And riders, more than most, see it up close.
So we built a community with a job attached. Every ROAR ride goes out as one briefed group and comes back having done something real: a slope cleared of plastic, water and shade set out for strays, an injured animal moved to a vet, a school kit funded for a child who would go without.
Roaring for Nature is not a line on a sticker — it is the point. Riding is how we get there and how we stay close; giving back is what the day is for. Where this goes next is simple: more riders, more routes, and more done for the country we ride through.
Why ride with us
- You never ride alone. Briefed convoys, a lead and a sweep, spare hands for a flat, and people who will always stop for you.
- Your ride means something. Every outing has a nature action built into the plan — you go home tired for a good reason.
- You ride sharper. Every meet quietly drills road discipline, gear habits, group formation and mountain etiquette.
- You belong from day one. From your first meetup ride you are one of the pack — never a customer on a list.
- You take something home. A printed ROAR certificate, handed to you on the ride — a physical mark of a real accomplishment.
Who this is for
This group is for you
Whatever you ride and however long you have ridden, there is a reason ROAR works for you.
New riders
Your first year is the steep one. Ride with people who brief every route, mark every turn and never leave you behind — and pick up good habits by watching riders who already have them. Nobody here will make you feel slow.
Solo riders
Riding alone is freedom — right up to a breakdown on an empty road at dusk, or a fall with nobody around. With ROAR you keep the freedom and drop the risk: a group that notices the moment you fall back, and turns around.
Experienced riders
You have done the miles. What is often missing is a reason. ROAR rides are disciplined enough to actually enjoy and purposeful enough to matter — and lead, sweep and marshal roles need riders with exactly your judgement.
Women riders
Group riding is one of the safest ways to ride, and it is meant for everyone. Women ride, lead and marshal at ROAR — not as a special category, just as riders. More on this below.
Returning riders
Back on a bike after years off? The instinct is still there; the sharpness takes a few rides to return. Ride with a group that eases you back in — shorter routes first, no ego, and marshals who remember exactly what rust feels like.
Pillion & two-up riders
Riding two-up changes braking, cornering and gaps. ROAR briefs for it, places you where the convoy has room, and never pressures a two-up rider to hold a solo pace. Partners and friends on the back are part of the group, not passengers.
Women riders
Riding is for everyone
Riding is for everyone, and so is this community. If you have put off long routes or unfamiliar roads because riding solo as a woman does not always feel safe, a group ride is exactly the fix. On a ROAR ride you are inside a briefed convoy with a lead and a sweep, contact numbers shared before roll-out, fuel and rest stops planned, and a group that will not move off without you.
Women ride with ROAR as full members and take on lead, sweep, marshal and organising roles. Your first contact with the group is never a stranger on an empty highway — it is an evening meetup ride, with everyone present. Come and see how it feels, ask anything you want, and bring a friend if that is easier.
We back this with a code of conduct — zero tolerance for harassment and a private way to report a problem — and the questions women riders ask most are answered on ask a rider.
A comfortable first step
A ROAR meetup ride is a public, evening meet — the next is Saturday 17 October, evening, in New Delhi. Come, chat, ask questions, ride an easy loop, and leave. That is the whole commitment.
The cause
What we do for nature
Not the occasional clean-up for a photo. The service work is planned into every ride, and everyone who rolls out takes part.
Clean Mountains
The hill roads we love are drowning in plastic. On our rides we stop, spread out and carry it back down — wrappers, bottles and packaging off the slopes and viewpoints. A small stretch, done properly, every time.
For the Wild
Through forest stretches we drop the pace, cut the noise and give animals room to cross. We note crossing points, and when we find an injured animal we stop, call it in and help it reach someone who can treat it.
Street Companions
The strays along our routes and at our fuel stops know us by now. We carry feed, basic first-aid and a list of vets and shelters, and we help the ones that need more than a meal get proper care.
Ride to Educate
A share of what each ride collects goes into an education fund — books, stationery, bags and school fees for children in the villages we pass through. Riders can add to it directly, and we show where every rupee lands.
Relief Runs
When a landslide or a flood cuts a village off, motorcycles get in before the trucks can. We run medicine, dry rations, blankets and first-aid to people stranded on the routes we ride — because we already know those routes.
Plant & Restore
Clearing rubbish is half the job. Where a slope is bare we put something back — native saplings on degraded roadside ground, planted with local people who will actually keep them watered.
How we ride
Run like a professional group
Beginners are expected — everyone was new once. Discipline and gear are not optional: they are what let a big group share an open road safely.
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Gear check and briefing
Helmets and basic gear are checked before anyone starts an engine — no helmet, no ride. Then we run the route, pace, fuel stops, hazards and hand signals. Beginners get the extra few minutes they need.
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Lead and sweep
A lead rider sets a sane pace at the front; a sweep rider rides last with tools and a first-aid kit. Between them the group runs in staggered formation with proper gaps.
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Ride your own ride
No racing, no overtaking the lead, no pressure to ride above your comfort. Turns are marked rider-to-rider and the group flexes to the pace of its slowest safe rider.
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The service stop
Somewhere in the day we pull over and do the work the ride is built around — a clean-up, or the wildlife, stray or education action for that route. Everyone takes part.
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Regroup, debrief, certificate
We regroup, take a headcount, run a quick debrief, and hand every rider who completed the ride a printed ROAR Certificate of Distinguished Participation.
Coming up
The next two rides
A weekend or outstation ride and an easy meetup ride, roughly one of each a month. Weekend rides live on the rides page; meetup rides on the meetup page.
Both are briefed, both have a lead and a sweep rider, and both are open to first-timers. To join either one, use the form on its page, WhatsApp, or the contact page.
Next up: the Mukteshwar long weekend, soon.
Want a nudge before each ride? Ping us on WhatsApp and we'll add you to the ride announcements.
Get ride reminders2026
- Weekend ride
- Delhi to Mukteshwar — a long weekend in the hills of Nainital district
- When
- Departs Thursday night, 1 October; in Mukteshwar 2–4 October 2026; back late Sunday night
- Details
- On the rides page · free to join, stay & meals split at cost
2026
- Meetup ride
- ROAR Meetup Ride 1026 — an easy evening loop
- When
- Saturday, 17 October 2026 — evening
- Meet point
- India Gate C-Hexagon, New Delhi
- Details
- On the meetup page, or WhatsApp
Who rides with us
The rider, not the bike
We are not here for machines. We are here for people who genuinely want to ride and want their riding to count for something. The make and size of your motorcycle does not decide whether you belong on a ROAR ride — the rider does.
What we do care about is safety, and there is no flexibility on it. Riding gear is mandatory; the motorcycle is not. A certified helmet every single time, gloves, and a jacket if you have one. Turn up geared and you ride; turn up without a helmet and you follow in a car.
Beyond that, bring whatever you own — a small commuter, a tourer, an adventure bike, anything in between. If it is road-legal, in good health, and you can ride it safely in a group, it belongs here. And so do you.
Come roar with us
One meetup ride tells you everything. You will ride with people who look out for each other, do something real for the places you pass through, and hand you a certificate that marks it as an accomplishment.