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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1971 Steyr-Puch Haflinger
The Steyr-Puch Haflinger was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the ageing American-built Jeeps that were still being used by the…
Spidi Garage Jacket
The new Spidi Garage Jacket has been been designed to offer a vintage visual appeal with thoroughly modern underpinnings. It’s made from high-quality Italian…
Harley-Davidson Big Twins – The F-head
The F-head was the first in a long line of “big” Harley-Davidon V-twins, and it set a precedent that is still going strong today…
Small Batch Supply Co. Black Leather Camera Strap
The Small Batch Supply Co. was founded in the USA by Yomahra Aquino, it’s a small company that hand makes each product in small…
The Invention of the Ford Flathead V8 Engine
The Invention of the Ford V8 Engine is a documentary about the development of the original Ford V8 – the Flathead that made its…
Ducati Supermoto Scrambler
In 2015 Ducati pulled the veil back on the all-new Scrambler. It’s a model aimed squarely at the burgeoning retro-dual-sport segment – a genre…
Carroll Shelby’s Personal Shelby Mustang GT350H
In 1966 an unusual agreement was made between Ford and the Hertz rental car company to deliver 1,003 examples of the Shelby Mustang GT350…
Guy Martin: Worms to Catch
Worms to Catch is the latest book by Guy Martin – a man who has become Britain’s favourite motorcycle racer and all-round daredevil. In 2015…
1928 Excelsior “Big Bertha” Hillclimber
It’s thought that just 4 Excelsior “Big Bertha” Hillclimbers were ever made, and just 2 are known to have survived to the modern day…
Aviatore Veloce Turbojet Coffee Machine
Just 100 examples of the new Aviatore Veloce Turbojet Coffee Machine will be built, and much like the other creations from Super Veloce it’s…
Ducati Condor Racer by BevelTech
The Condor A350 is a motorcycle built in Switzerland by Condor-Werke AG for the Swiss Military. Rather then building a bespoke engine for the…
Bellroy x MAAP All-Weather Wallet
Getting caught in the rain on a motorcycle used to be a mild inconvenience, but since the advent of smartphones it can become a…