Articles that Ben Branch has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. 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 well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert Pirsig’s Workshop Artifacts For Sale
This expansive collection of artifacts all belonged to Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has…
A Shelby-V8 Engined 421 hp Ford Bronco Custom
The original Ford Bronco is one of the most important and beloved American 4x4s of its era, in more recent years it’s become…
The Sparco Air Pro RF-5W Martini Helmet
The Sparco Air Pro RF-5W Martini helmet carries one of the most famous racing liveries in motorsports history, with its white background and blue/red…
The Droog Moto DM-018 Mini Fighter
The Droog Moto Mini Fighter is a new release from one of the custom motorcycle world’s most unusual garages. The concept for the…
BCB International Ultimate Survival Kit
The BCB International Ultimate Survival Kit was developed to be small enough to slip into your backpack, glovebox, or motorcycle pannier whilst still…
Documentary – Driving La Carrera: Rally Brothers
Driving La Carrera: Rally Brothers is a film about two brothers, Chris and Jeff Mason, who set out to compete in the world…
For Sale: A Rolls-Royce Merlin Meteor V12 Tank Engine – 27 Litres + 650 bhp
The Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 is one of the most famous engines of the 20th century and almost certainly the most famous of the Second…
Project Plane: A WWII-Era Boeing Stearman Model 75 – $50,000 USD
The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and…
Silodrome – The Year In Review – 2020
We get a lot of emails every year from people who are curious what it’s like to run a website like Silodrome, and…
1 of 90 Made: The Rare Ford Torino Twister Special
The Ford Torino Twister Special is an exceedingly rare car, just 90 were ever built and only 29 are now accounted for in…
Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer – The First Naked Bike To Exceed 200 mph
This highly unusual twin-engined Royal Enfield motorcycle was designed and built by Jimmy Enz of Lynwood, California in the late 1960s with one…
JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engined Production Motorcycle
Editor’s Note: We don’t typically feature choppers on Silodrome as it’s not really our wheelhouse, however we do make exceptions to this every…