When Yorik D’Abreo, 44, won an award for the ‘Best Maintained Indian Heritage Motorcycle’ at the ongoing annual vintage car fiesta at the World Trade Centre Cuffe Parade it was a mixed emotions moment for him. His 1964-manufactured Jawa 250 bike, a real eye catcher at this fiesta, was his late father Anselm D’Abreo’s vehicle. Senior D’Abreo passed in November 2025.

His son, Yorik maintained the bike and entered it in this exhibition. Yorik said, “This award is not just for me, it is for dad. I could literally ‘hear’ dad applauding when I went up on the dais to claim the prize on Saturday night. I look in the sky, and amidst the stars I see his face, smiling with pride. That is why the award evoked mixed emotions — happiness at getting it and slightly sad too as I wish dad was here to accept it.”