Written by Martin Hodgson
This guy is like a hurricane, you see him coming a mile away, you can see a storm building on the horizon, you feel his breeze before he gets there, and when he does he rains down on you. Some delight in the incredible show, others need time to gather their thoughts and for a few, it’s all too much. But founder and head designer Daryl Villanueva of Bandit9 has been shaking up the custom scene for years and no other builders work is displayed in more museums around the world. Now commissioned by luxury retailer Lane Crawford he brings to life his two most radical pieces to date, the sleek, Sci-Fi inspired EVE LUX and EVE 2020, that are sure to get tongues wagging once again.

?I always tell people that Bandit9 is one giant experiment and the bikes are our lab rats. Some live and do well, some die a horrible death,? Daryl smiles. That is the life of a man whose designs rest on the edge of the event horizon, but 2019 has been an incredible year for the company. Already with bikes displayed in the Petersen Automotive Museum, Haas Moto Museum, Barber Vintage Museum, MC Collection and many others. ?You?ll also find our pieces at Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche in Paris and we’ve partnered with TheArsenale, dubbed ‘the most insane garage in the world’ in Macau.?
?And finally, Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, who commissioned these pieces, curates their inventory like a museum. They?ve got select pieces from Alexander McQueen to Devialet to ...