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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1949 World Championship Winner – Velocette KTT
The Story of the Velocette KTT The Velocette KTT was named for its overhead cam and its Isle of Man Tourist Trophy intentions –…
Project 13 Land Rover Defender 90
The Story of the East Coast Defender Project 13 The Land Rover Defender 90 shown here has been through a full tear-down and rebuilt at…
VELDT Full Face Carbon Helmet
VELDT is a helmet company based in one of the motorcycling world’s most hallowed places – the Isle of Man. The helmets are made…
C-Racer Suzuki GSX250
The Suzuki GSX250 The Suzuki GSX series made its first appearance in 1980, and within a few short years the “Gixxers” had established Suzuki a…
Speed and Strength True Grit Armored Motorcycle Vest
The new True Grit Armored Motorcycle Vest by Speed and Strength is designed to be worn either under a jacket or on its own,…
1963 Shelby 289 Cobra “Dragonsnake”
The Shelby Cobra is one of those larger than life cars that we’ve all owned at one time or another, typically at 1:18th scale….
Renault Formula One Sidepod
This is a Formula One sidepod from the 2010 Renault R30 car, driven by Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov. Modern F1 sidepods are carefully…
Matchless Model X
The Matchless Model X was released in 1929 and sold until the Second World War got underway in 1939, with the final examples being…
The Malle Expedition Roll
The Malle Expedition Roll is a waterproof sleeping roll with an oiled canvas underside, and a topside of post-box red soft organic cotton twill….
Mike’s Leggero by Walt Siegl
Walt Siegl is the man many modern custom motorcycle builders pointed to as a primary source of inspiration, he’s been building world class bikes…
A Brief History of the Honda Gold Wing
Introduction The Honda Gold Wing has been pretty much the archetypal grand touring motorcycle from its debut back in 1974. This is a motorcycle…
Planetary Gears: How They Work
Planetary Gears – Principles of Operation is a 1953 US Army Training Film, likely created to teach the mechanics who would be working on…