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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Mrs Knight’s Brough Superior SS100 – A $200,000+ Project Motorcycle
All surviving examples of the Brough Superior SS100 are special, but some are a little more special than others. The Brough you see here…
Small Batch Supply Co. Leather Roll Top Backpack – Made In The USA
The Small Batch Supply Co. Leather Roll Top Backpack is the first bag we’ve ever featured that has no stitching, and no snaps, buttons,…
Rickman Metisse Triumph – An Original British Two-Wheeled Icon
The Rickman Metisse Triumph is one of the most thoroughly British motorcycles we’ve featured in some time. Not only does it have a British…
Handmade American Walnut Porsche Writing Desk by 3 GJB 17
This Porsche writing desk was handcrafted from American walnut and fitted with 100% original Arctic Silver Porsche body panels. The desk is the work of…
An Original 100% Driveable Porsche 356 A Training Chassis
This original 1956 Porsche 356 A training chassis was developed to give American mechanics a detailed understanding of Porsche running gear and engineering –…
The Courant Catch: 3 – A Next Generation Wireless Charger
The Courant Catch: 3 is a next generation wireless charger that’s faster-to-full than a standard wired charger by 30 minutes (180 minutes to full…
A BSA A65 Rocket – With An Original DMD Streamliner Dustbin Fairing
The BSA A65 Rocket was released in 1964 as the new more performance oriented version of the BSA A65 Star. The BSA A65 series…
The 1982 SuperBikers Race – Road Racing, Flat Track, And Motocross Rolled Into One
The 1982 SuperBikers Race was a made-for-TV special event thought up by the team at ABC’s Wide World of Sports. In short, the race was…
The Write Stuff – The Fisher Bullet Space Pen – $19.98 USD
The iconic Fisher Bullet Space Pen, named for its sleek bullet-shaped rounded ends, has long been celebrated as an icon of mid-century modern design, and you’ll…
Yamaha XSR 700 Twin Street Fighters By Gasoline Motor Co.
The Yamaha XSR700 is about as close to a modern descendant of the original Yamaha XS650 as we’re ever likely to see, and much like…
Union Garage V7 Jacket – A Classically Styled D3O Armored Motorcycle Jacket
The Union Garage V7 Jacket is the result of a joint project between Vanson Leathers in Massachusetts and Union Garage in New York City….
Porsche 356A 1600 Super Speedster – Unicorn Project Car
The Porsche 356A 1600 Super Speedster wasn’t originally designed to be an expensive car, in fact it was specifically designed to be as inexpensive…