THE STORY

MOTOCOSMO did not begin as a business idea. It began much earlier: with curiosity, loss, machines, and the desire to build something meaningful.

I come from Gevra Project in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India: a small town known primarily for coal production. Growing up there, creativity felt like an unusual path to follow. Yet from an early age, I found myself drawn toward sketching, painting, science fiction, literature, engineering, and the process of creating things from scratch. What seemed like simple childhood interests slowly became the foundation of everything I would later pursue.

Life changed unexpectedly when I lost my father at the age of thirteen. That moment altered the way I looked at life itself. At an age when most children are still discovering who they are, I found myself confronting the reality of how fragile time can be. I began noticing how many people slowly abandon the person they once dreamed of becoming. Responsibilities take over, passions fade, and eventually people settle into lives they never truly wanted.

That realization stayed with me.

I knew I did not want to spend my life disconnected from the things that gave me purpose. No matter how uncertain the road ahead seemed, I wanted to build a life around creativity, machines, and freedom.

In 2010, I chose to study automobile engineering: a decision that seemed unconventional at the time. But for me, the connection with machines had already become deeply personal. My father owned an old scooter, his very first vehicle, which he cared for passionately. He had taught himself how to repair and maintain it simply by observing mechanics at work. After his passing, the scooter remained untouched for years until one day I decided to bring it back to life. What started as curiosity slowly turned into obsession. I wanted to understand machines, improve them, reshape them, and eventually create something entirely my own.

During my college years in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, I dedicated myself completely into engineering, creativity, and experimentation. Alongside a close circle of equally driven individuals, I became involved in robotics, presentations, fabrication work, technical projects, and various creative activities beyond academics. But the defining moment arrived in 2015 when we participated in Formula Student for the first time in our college’s history.

That experience changed everything.

Competing alongside some of the country’s most respected engineering institutions exposed me to a world far bigger than I had imagined. For the first time, I truly understood what passion combined with engineering could create. It was no longer just about education or employment: it became about building something that carried identity, vision, and originality.

That realization pushed me away from the conventional route of pursuing a standard automotive career. I wanted to create something of my own, something built from personal conviction rather than expectation.

Around the same time, I bought my first motorcycle: a 2005 Hero Karizma R. That motorcycle marked the beginning of my deeper journey into custom motorcycle culture. What started as late nights spent learning, modifying, and experimenting gradually evolved into years of hands-on work in the custom motorcycle scene. Those years became an education beyond engineering itself. I was introduced to fabrication, design, aesthetics, riding culture, and the incredible community built around motorcycles. More importantly, I began understanding that motorcycles were never just machines. They represented individuality, expression, escape, and freedom.

The years that followed were filled with ambition, hard work, mistakes, setbacks, and constant learning. Workshops were built, projects were created, and visions slowly started taking shape. But life rarely moves in a straight line. Personal struggles, responsibilities, and unforeseen circumstances repeatedly forced me to pause, rebuild, and adapt.

Then in 2019, everything changed again.

A severe accident left me bedridden for months, just before the world entered the uncertainty of the COVID-19 lockdown. Professionally and personally, it felt like years of effort had collapsed all at once. Watching dreams slow down after investing so much time, energy, and passion into them was difficult to accept.

But sometimes isolation gives clarity that movement cannot.

During recovery and lockdown, I found myself returning to a space I had not truly reconnected with in years: a small garage built by my father during my childhood. Long before MOTOCOSMO existed, that garage had quietly become the birthplace of countless ideas, experiments, sketches, and creative projects during my school days. After my father’s passing, the space had remained largely silent for nearly a decade.

Returning there felt strangely personal.

For the first time, I stopped chasing the idea that success needed a particular city, environment, or approval to exist. I realized that what truly mattered was the mission itself. The creativity. The persistence. The willingness to continue building despite uncertainty.

So I started again: slowly, independently, and with greater clarity than before.

Motorcycles were built inside that garage. Ideas evolved there. Failures were understood there. And over time, MOTOCOSMO itself truly began taking shape there. MOTOCOSMO is more than a workshop or a brand. It is the result of every setback, every lesson, every risk, and every moment that demanded rebuilding from scratch. It represents the belief that creativity should never be limited by where you come from. A small town can produce ideas just as powerful as any major city. Passion does not depend on geography.

Over the years, I have learned that building things changes the builder too. Machines, projects, and dreams slowly shape your mindset, your resilience, and your identity. In many ways, MOTOCOSMO became the process through which I rebuilt myself.

“Build and Ride for Freedom” is not simply a slogan.

It is the philosophy behind everything this journey stands for: the freedom to create, to take risks, to remain authentic, and to become the person you truly want to be despite limitations, failures, or circumstances.

This story is still being written.....

By Tumul Aajesh Singh : Tumult13