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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Britten – Return to The Island
Britten – Return to The Island is a look at one of the most fascinating motorcycles of the 1990s – the Britten V1000. The…
1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
A Brief History of the Ferrari 288 GTO The Ferrari 288 GTO was destined to compete in the borderline-insane world of Group B racing. The…
Biltwell EXFIL-80 Moto Bag
The Biltwell EXFIL-80 Bag was developed specifically for motorcycle journeys, with a bag section dedicated to tools – and a zip cover that incorporates…
Documentary: Flying the Lindbergh Trail in the Pan Am Clipper
Flying the Lindbergh Trail runs approximately an hour in length, it (unsurprisingly) follows Charles Lindbergh’s journey down the length of Central and South America in…
1929 BMW R62
BMW motorcycles have always been a little unusual, the Germans were never afraid to depart from the norm, and to their credit, the German…
1959 Troy Roadster
The Troy Roadster is the most famous of the one-off custom builds created by Wally Troy in the 1950s. Stylistically it looks like a cross…
Icon Anthem 2 Summer Motorcycle Jacket
The Icon Anthem 2 is full-feathered motorcycle jacket with D30 armor in the shoulders, elbows, and back and a price point under $200 USD –…
1955 Ferrari 121 LM
This car was one of the Scuderia Ferrari Works entries in the 1955 Mille Miglia – a challenging 1,000 mile race across Italy held…
MecArmy Brass EDC Flashlight
The MecArmy Brass EDC Flashlight is waterproof to two meters and contains a micro USB rechargeable lithium ion battery – so you’ll never be…
1985 Mazda RX-7 Evo Group B Works Racer
Original, unused Group B rally cars come up for pubic auction exceedingly rarely. In fact I can’t think of even one in recent memory….
Bootlegger Fitzke Paddleboard
Kevin Fitzke runs Fitzke Paddleboards out of a one-man workshop in Minnesota, each of his creations are handmade in very limited numbers – and…
Original Sandcast 1971 Ducati 750 GT
This is one of the original sandcast Ducati 750 GTs from 1971, this first series of bikes included the legendary Imola race bikes, and…