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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Goose: Wingman of the Road – An All-In-One Motorcycle Camping Solution
Goose: Wingman of the Road is a new camping system designed to take care of your accommodation needs when out motorcycle camping – including…
An Immaculate Porsche 356 Speedster Outlaw
The Porsche 356 Speedster is one of the most beloved Porsches of all time, in fact it’s probably one of the most beloved roadsters…
Officially Licensed – Bruce Brown Films T-Shirt
If you were a surfer or a motorcyclist in the 1960s or 1970s, Bruce Brown would have been one of the most important documentary…
1986 BMW Alpina B7 Turbo / 1 – The Fastest Four Door Car In The World in 1986
The BMW Alpina B7 Turbo/1 was the fastest four-door saloon car in the world from 1984 to 1987, largely thanks to its heavily modified…
The Pendulux Altimeter Table Clock
The Pendulux Altimeter Table Clock looks like it was pulled from the cockpit of a military surplus B-17 bomber in the years after WW2,…
A 642 HP Continental Mark II Custom With A 482 cu. in. V8
This Continental Mark II is a tastefully built custom, incorporating a 642 hp Robert Pond Motorsports aluminum 482 cu. in. V8, fully independent suspension…
All Purpose Blinker Fluid by Dime City Cycles
This all purpose blinker fluid by Dime City Cycles is an absolutely essential item for any home mechanic to have on hand. Startlingly, most…
The Best HiLux For Sale In America Right Now: 1981 Toyota HiLux SR5 Pickup Truck
This pristine 1981 Toyota HiLux SR5 Pickup Truck is undoubtably the best HiLux for sale in America right now. That may sound like a…
Must-Read Motorcycle Books: Top Dead Center by Kevin Cameron
Kevin Cameron graduated with a degree in physics from Harvard University before embarking on a remarkable career tuning world-class racing motorcycles throughout the 1970s…
The VIBA Jane – A Honda Monkey Custom With 3D Printed Parts
The VIBA Jane is a new custom from the talented French team developed over the course of months with SLM Solutions Group AG and…
Ayrton Senna 1985 Lotus 97T Rear Wing Endplate
This is an original Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T rear wing endplate from the 1985 Formula 1 season. This would be one of the most…
Behind The Wheel Episode 1: Will the Corvair Kill You?
This is episode one of Hargety’s Behind the Wheel series, it focusses on one of the great automotive controversies of the 1960s – will…