The owner’s dreams began when he found an old Bmw R80/7 from the German Police. Even before defining the project, he already assigned a name for the bike, “Derrick”, inspired by the German detective Tv series of the same name broadcasted worldwide from 1974 to 1998. The goal was to create a bike with neat lines, stripping it of all the unnecessary stuff and giving prominence to the “milk and mint” colour, which is even slathered all over the frame.

Everything on the “Derrick” has been overhauled, with many parts being custom-made, including the mount and buttons for the Motogadget speedometer (it’s operated from a mini-button located in the steering neck), start button, miniaturized light switches and old school levers, thereby completing the look of the chromed front end.

The bike is characterized by many small details like the coloured spark wires, billet fuel tank cap, chamoix leather seat, bar end turn signals and all the aluminium braces hugging the frame.

The final touches were all about the prepared engine; to let it breathe fresh air through the big Bing carbs, Deus Customs preferred to remove the airbox and use single cone filters, for the pleasure of a low throaty exhaust note, almost police-esque even.