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Renting a Bike in Delhi?

What is the standard for payment? Cash? Or will a credit card work?

Seems I'll have to drop about 1K USD to rent the bike (after the security deposit) and not sure I wanted to carry that much cash with me..

anyone have any advice?

also.. am planning on renting from bullet wallas.. any thoughts there?


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I had no problem with credit card a few years ago.

As to who to rent from, one name keeps coming up, year after year. Lalli Singh.

lalli singh.com

I rented from him and he went above and beyond for me and many others. He is not the cheapest, but he was well worth every rupee.

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1K USD! For that you will be able to buy a second hand bullet!
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Lalli is the most known but the most expensive too!

Last month i rented a bullet 350 from Bullet Wallas. The bike run well and cost me 16.000 rps a month with 300 euros of deposit. And you can still find cheaper bikes ...
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How long are you planning on renting the bike for? I looked around in Delhi thinking about buying an Enfield since it's taking a while for my Ducati to show. It's basically assumed you'll crash (traffic takes some getting used to) and/or ride an Enfield like it's a new bike (butcher the engine) so dealers don't like renting for short periods. You can buy a good used one for a thousand US.

I brought in US$1,000 with no problems. All of this has been actively discussed on ADV Rider with recommended shops. Like Nigel said, there's lots of great recommendations about Lalli Sing. It's a great country!

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