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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The eCub – A Kit To Turn Your Honda Cub Into An Electric Motorcycle
The eCub is an all-inclusive kit to turn a Honda Cub into a 100% electric motorcycle. The kit is the brainchild of the international…
Rodeo Motorcycle Gloves by Fuel Motorcycles
The new Rodeo glove by Fuel Motorcycles is a fully-featured motorcycle glove design developed for people who want classic looks with modern safety and…
Mach 5 – From The 2008 Wachowski Speed Racer Film
This is the real-life Mach 5 from the 2008 Wachowski film Speed Racer, based on the manga and anime series that was created by…
Malle Garment Holdall Bag – The Gentleman Racer’s Weekender
The Malle Garment Holdall is a new design from the British company designed to unzip and each end and completely unroll – allowing you…
Mash TT40 Cafe Racer Custom by XTR Pepo
The Mash TT40 Cafe Racer is equal parts French, Chinese, and Japanese – in a manner of speaking. The design is French (with some…
An Original Dodge 426 Hemi V8 Display Engine
This Dodge 426 Hemi V8 was constructed by the factory back in the late 1960s as a cutaway display engine for the car show…
A Comprehensively Restored Original Dodge Power Wagon 4×4
The Dodge Power Wagon was developed shortly after World War II due largely to popular demand – Dodge had built the almost indestructible 3/4…
Momentum Torpedo Blast 44 Watch – $69.98 USD
The Momentum Torpedo Blast 44 is is one of the best value propositions in the outdoor adventure watch genre at the moment. It has…
The Only One Ever Made: Ferrari 330 GTC Zagato Convertible
Just one example of the Ferrari 330 GTC Zagato convertible was ever built, and it owes its existence to a fender bender in 1972….
Aircraft Bolt Cufflinks by Plane Industries
These aircraft bolt cufflinks are machined from bolts sourced from commercial passenger jets by the team at Plane, a small company run by two…
Documentary: The History of the MGB
This documentary about the history of the MGB, and to a lesser extent the history of MG as a whole, covers the development of…
The 1919 ABC Skootamota – The Beginning Of A Transportation Revolution
The ABC Skootamota was the brainchild of engineering genius Granville Bradshaw, inventions like the Skootamota, the Motoped, the Kenilworth, and the Reynolds Runabout showed…