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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Black Arrow Queen Bee Women’s Motorcycle Gloves
The Queen Bee Motorcycle Gloves are a new design by Australian motorcycle gear maker Black Arrow – a Sydney-based company that focusses on creating…
Documentary: The Immortal Beaver – The World’s Greatest Bush Plane
The Immortal Beaver – The World’s Greatest Bush Plane is a documentary that covers both the history of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver,…
The Supernova Corvette – Bill Jobe’s 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Racer
The Supernova Corvette started life as a factory-stock 327 1964 Chevrolet Corvette, it was ordered new by American racing legend Bill Jobe and raced…
Bowtex Kevlar Motorcycle Underlayer
Bowtex is a company dedicated to designing and manufacturing the most advanced motorcyclist underlayers in the world – although some might scoff at the…
Original 1969 Honda CB750 Sandcast Prototype “The Brighton Bike”
The Honda CB750 you see here is one of the original prototypes, with the now hugely collectible sandcast engine. It was nicknamed “The Brighton…
NASA Space Tourism Posters – Free To Download & Print
These NASA Space Tourism Posters were developed by a creative team of visual strategists inside JPL known as “The Studio”. Altogether there are 9…
1961 Volkswagen Type 2 Single-Cab Pickup
The Volkswagen Type 2 Single-Cab Pickup was based on the iconic VW Bus, a vehicle that revolutionized the automotive industry almost as much as…
1979 Alfa Romeo V12 Formula 1 Engine – Tipo 1260
There’s nothing like finding an original Alfa Romeo V12 Formula 1 engine up for sale for the borderline affordable price (for some) of ~$20,000…
Carroll Shelby’s Other V8 British Roadster – The Sunbeam Tiger
The Sunbeam Tiger famously features a V8 shoehorned into an engine compartment designed in England by engineers who would have been mortified had they…
The Bolt Safe – A Hiding Place For Cash When Traveling Overland
The Bolt Safe was designed to offer a simple but very effective hiding place for small items, including rolled up bank notes. People who…
John Lennon’s Monkey Bike – An Original 1969 Honda Z50A
John Lennon’s Monkey Bike might not be something you thought you’d be reading about when you woke up this morning, but there it is….
Essential Read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a book we’ve featured before on Silodrome, it’s one of those must-read paperbacks that tends to…