This remarkable and vividly detailed motorcycle is built from recycled materials, mostly spare parts from cars, motorcycles and bicycles at the Ko Art Shop in Bangkok.
Now I don’t know about you but the idea of having even a low-speed head on collision on this bike scares the crap out me. It’s a hell of a bike to look at though. From a safe distance.
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Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The Bimota YB8 is a rare early-90s Italian-Japanese superbike with scalpel sharp handling and gobs of reliable power from its four-cylinder, 149bhp, 1002cc engine sourced from the Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP. Those of you with a…
Although you may not know it at first glance, the Royal Enfield Classic 500 has a fantastic ’60s style trials bike hidden underneath its respectable looking exterior. The man who discovered the transformative ability of the…
This is an edited extract from This Way To The Revolution, a book by Ian Francis about Birmingham in the late 60s. Available via Flatpack Projects. Less Than Nothing Birmingham’s oldest district, Digbeth sits just…
This 1985 Norton Rotary racer is a fascinating project bike, fitted with one of the most unusual engines ever fitted to a motorcycle. Wankel rotary engines have a troubled history in the world of motorcycles…
This custom Royal Enfield was built by BAAK after a young man convinced his mother that she needed a new motorcycle. Nelson (the son) and Nathalie (the mother) were looking for a suitable motorcycle that was…
This short film by the team at Brightside Media tells the story of the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV 750 triple, one of the most extraordinary motorcycles of the 1970s and a bonafide widowmaker in…
