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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1972 Training Film: Motorcycle Driving Tactics
Motorcycle Driving Tactics is a 1972 training film for motorcyclists designed to help save lives and reduce injury rates. There’s an interesting section covering…
The Triumph Street Scrambler
The new Triumph Street Scrambler is a motorcycle that many have been waiting for with fingers crossed. After releasing the first of the modern…
Oil & Leather Scented Candle
The Oil & Leather Scented Candle is the brainchild of Flying Tiger Motorcycles – the same folks who developed the Two Stroke Smoke Scented…
Bandit 9 EDEN
Bandit 9 is a custom motorcycle garage that can lay claim to building genuinely unique bikes – a rare thing in and of itself….
Icon 1000 Axys Gloves
The new Icon 1000 Axys Gloves have been designed for 3-4 season use (depending on your local climate) with a perforated back for breathability…
Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage
The Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage was a special edition series based on the iconic 4×4 platform that started in 1998. Land Rover occasionally…
Adam Ambro Designs Ferrari 330 GT
Adam Ambro runs his studio out of Golden, Colorado – he’s an architect by trade who creates a series of unique automotive canvases as…
Lola F1R – Road-Legal Formula 1 Car
The Lola F1R is the result of a bet between Lola engineers about whether it was possible to build something close to a Formula…
MotoStuka + Biltwell Exfil-0 Tool Roll
The Exfil-0 Tool Roll is a collaborative project between MotoStuka and Biltwell, they made just 200 of them and once they sell out, they won’t…
Firestones and Broken Bones Tee
The Firestones and Broken Bones tee is a new design by the team over at Throttle Roll – a digital motorcycle magazine loaded with…
Documentary: This Is Nigel Mansell
This Is Nigel Mansell is a 40 minute documentary covering the Formula One World Champion’s foray into the American CART series in 1993. It…
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
The Chevrolet Camaro thundered onto American roads in late 1966, as 1967-badged models sitting on the new GM F-body platform. The Camaro was a…