Spring is in full swing in Austrian Alps. And we can’t think of a more stylish way to wander around the mountains than from the saddle of a classic sidecar.
Sidecars are inherently charming, but this Moto Guzzi 850 T3 rig is so evocative, we started scouring the classifieds immediately for a local equivalent.

It’s the work of National Custom Tech (or NCT), a young outfit based in the picturesque town of Feldkirchen in Kärnten, nearly two thousand feet above sea level in the eastern Alps.
The men behind the company are founder David Widmann, Kurt Kosjek and Manuel Tilke. And old-timers are their specialty.

The Guzzi?a 1975 model?had been worked on previously by an outfit called Ivan Bikes, some nine years ago. So when NCT got their hands on it, the sidecar hack had already been set up?along with custom-made fenders and an Earles-style front end. Still, that didn’t stop the lads from performing a comprehensive tear down and rebuild.

The engine had already been painted black, but the team was after a more vintage effect. So they dismantled it, dry-ice-blasted it, and polished everything up before rebuilding it.
Velocity stacks replace the airbox, but NCT opted to retain the original exhausts for the sake of authenticity.

Kurt climbed into the wiring, redoing everything with a new battery and a Motogadget m-Unit controller. Great care was taken to hide away as much of the loom as possible under the seat and tank.
The headlight is still the original...