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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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…
Klim SOL Hybrid 3 Kit – A 3-In-1 Motorcyclist Survival/First Aid/Repair Kit
The Klim SOL Hybrid 3 Kit is essentially three kits in one: a survival kit, a first aid kit, and a repair kit. Motorcyclists…
The Windhoff Four Cylinder – The Motorcycle Of The Future From 1926
This four-cylinder Windhoff was one of the most advanced motorcycles of its time thanks largely to its engine, which doubles as the motorcycle frame,…
U-Turn Audio Orbit Plus Turntable With A Built-In Phono Pre-Amp
Each U-Turn Audio Orbit Plus Turntable is built by hand in Woburn, Massachusetts by a team of dedicated audiophiles who had struggled between overpriced…
1910 Cadillac Racer – A $35,000+ Brass Era Competition Roadster
This 1910 Cadillac racer is a brass era roadster that was built with one thing in mind – competition. In 1910 the automotive world…
A Cheat Sheet For The New Indian FTR 1200 + FTR 1200 S
This cheat sheet is designed to tell you everything you need to know to get familiar with the new motorcycles, without burying you in…
Steve McQueen’s 1953 Vincent Comet – $36,000 to $40,000 USD
The Vincent Comet was one of the great single-cylinder motorcycles of its era with an advanced engine that’s also a stressed chassis member, cantilever…