Hyderabad's Moon Motorcycle wins four awards at VCCCI Mumbai fiesta

A family workshop makes the trip from Kachiguda

Mohd Osman Babar runs a motorcycle workshop in Hyderabad with his sons Oman and Obaid. For the VCCCI Vintage Car Fiesta 2026 in Mumbai, held from January 24 to 26 at the World Trade Centre in Cuffe Parade, the family prepared five vintage motorcycles and sent them with United Motoring Club Hyderabad to represent the city.

The five machines were two Nortons and three Royal Enfields, among them models from the 1950s and older, according to Siasat's report on the event. Keeping a motorcycle from that era roadworthy, let alone fit to be judged, means the kind of ongoing mechanical work a workshop like Babar's does rather than a one time restoration job.

Four awards out of five motorcycles

Of the five motorcycles Hyderabad brought, four won prizes. Siasat reported the placings as first prize for Best Restored Classic Motorcycle, second prize for Best Maintained Recent Classic Motorcycle, third prize for Best Maintained Classic Motorcycle and third prize for Best Restored Classic Motorcycle. Moon Motorcycle Hyderabad and fellow entrant Moon Motorcycle were named alongside United Motoring Club Hyderabad as the entities behind the bikes.

The VCCCI Vintage Car Fiesta is organised by the Vintage and Classic Car Club of India, which describes itself on its own website as one of the oldest vintage and classic car clubs in the country, founded in 1985 to champion the preservation of automobile heritage. The Mumbai event drew entries from across India, and a Hyderabad club taking four of five motorcycle prizes is a result the city's vintage scene is likely to point to for some time.

What it says about Hyderabad's vintage scene

Siasat's report also placed the award in the context of a wider pattern in Hyderabad, noting informal meetups such as Cars 'n' Coffee Hyderabad and a Republic Day rally along Necklace Road that brings out both pre independence and post independence vehicles. United Motoring Club Hyderabad is one of the named clubs on this beat, alongside Vintage Club Hyderabad and the Heritage Car Club of Andhra Pradesh, and this result gives it a concrete, dated achievement rather than a general claim of activity.

For owners elsewhere in India thinking about what it takes to show a pre 1960s motorcycle at a national event, the Hyderabad entry is a useful data point. It was not one trophy bike brought out for the cameras. It was five machines from one workshop, maintained well enough that four of them placed. That is the kind of record a club can point to when it tells the RTO or a prospective member what its restoration standards actually produce, rather than simply asserting them.

VCCCI has not published a full results sheet or jury notes for the 2026 fiesta on its events page at the time of writing, so the placings reported here rely on Siasat's account from the ground. Riders and clubs looking to enter future editions should watch the VCCCI events page directly for the next call for entries.

Sources

• Hyderabad wins awards at Mumbai's VCCCI Vintage Car Fiesta 2026
• VCCCI Vintage Car Fiesta 2026: Date, Tickets, Timings and Venue Details
• About Us, Vintage and Classic Car Club of India