Articles that Ben 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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A Daily Ridden Ducati Scrambler Icon Custom
The new generation of Ducati Scramblers was introduced in 2015 to near universal acclaim. Ducati developed the model as a modern version of their…
A Rare Egli-Triumph With A Prototype OHC Engine – £6,000 and £10,000
It isn’t widely known that BSA/Triumph were experimenting with overhead cam engines back in the early 1970s as a way of trying to compete…
There’s a Twin-Turbo 1,823 HP – 2,135 Cu. In. Deutz V16 Engine For Sale On eBay
The twin-turbo Deutz V16 is a 35 litre (2,135 cu. in.) marine diesel engine capable of 1,823 hp at 2,300 rpm. There are typically two…
The First Turbocharged Production BMW – 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo
The BMW 2002 Turbo was the quickest version of the mighty little 2002, a car named for its engine size of 2000cc and its…
Goodspeed Sonoma Watch – A Classically-Styled Racing Watch – $150 to $275 USD
The Goodspeed Sonoma is a new watch that was inspired by the timepieces used by racing drivers and their teams throughout the golden age…
A Very Unusual 1985 Norton Rotary Racing Motorcycle Project – £1,000 to £2,000
This 1985 Norton Rotary racer is a fascinating project bike, fitted with one of the most unusual engines ever fitted to a motorcycle. Wankel…
The Davida Koura Full Face Motorcycle Helmet – 100% Made In Britain
The Davida Koura is a full face motorcycle helmet designed by engineers with experience developing helmets for both MotoGP and Formula 1. Although the…
The First Bathurst Race After WWII – The 1946 New South Wales Grand Prix
The races held at the Mount Panorama street circuit in Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia have become globally renowned as some of the…
Buy Your Own Vintage Sprint Racing Team “The Peril Speed Equipe” – £12,000 to £16,000
Incredibly, all three of these motorcycles are coming up for sale with Bonhams on the 19th of October with an estimated hammer price of…
The Only Surviving Factory-Built Custom Triumph Strongbow Flat Tracker
This is one of just 6 or 7 factory-built Triumph Strongbow flat trackers made in the late 1970s to compete in a series sponsored…
Huckberry X Timex Diver – A Classically-Styled Dive Watch For $118 USD
This is the new Huckberry X Timex Diver, an affordable, every day wearable watch designed to last for decades. The watch was made as…
The Mighty Rambo Lambo – A 1990 Lamborghini LM002 V12
The Lamborghini LM002 must have seemed like a four wheel drive from a parallel universe when it was introduced in 1986. The larger than…