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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The NLO Yamaha XT500 Snow Bike
Snow bikes have been growing in popularity in recent years, and there’s been a surge in the number of companies making kits that can…
55 Collection Touch Screen Motorcycle Gloves
Motorcycle gloves and smartphones typically don’t work together particularly well, which can be a major annoyance when you’ve pulled over to use your GPS,…
1964 Austin-Healey 3000 Works Rally Car
In 1964 the Austin-Healey factory in Abingdon built just three works rally cars, they typically built a few each year and the cars would…
IR x RM Outback Motorcycle Riding Shoes
Iron and Resin have teamed up with Ridgemont to create a fresh take on a very popular moto gear genre – protective riding shoes….
1953 Fiat 8V Ghia Supersonic
The Fiat 8V (know as the Otto Vu in its homeland) was an advanced design when it was first unveiled at the 1952 Geneva…
A Brief History of Military Motorcycles
The creation of the first viable motorcycles began in earnest in the early twentieth century, and as is often the case with new types…
The Development of the Jaguar V12 Engine
Editor’s Note: This is a different film to the original, which has been removed from YouTube. The story of the first Jaguar V12 is…
Overbold Motor Co. Honda CB750
The Honda CB750 was released in 1969 to fulfil a demand by Honda dealers in the USA for a bigger, more powerful motorcycle that would allow…
Motul 800 Onirika 2853
The Motul 800 Onirika 2853 is a bespoke custom built by Luca Pozzato’s Officine GPDesign workshop in Turin, Italy for the charitable organisation Motul…
The Story Behind The McLaren F1’s 240.1 mph Run
Racing driver Andy Wallace climbed into a McLaren F1 in 1998 wearing a helmet, a button-down shirt, and a calculator watch. He then drove…
1959 Troy Custom Roadster
The Troy Custom Roadster was built in 1959 by Wally Troy and his team in Illinois. Up until this point, Wally had been better…
Velomacchi Speedway Tool Roll
The Velomacchi Speedway Tool Roll has been designed specifically for motorcyclists who like to ensure they have all the essential tools with them –…