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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Gasoline Motor Co. Yamaha SR400 Scrambler
The Yamaha SR400 (and its sibling the SR500) are amongst the most reliable, and generally bulletproof motorcycles in existence. This is largely because the…
Helite Turtle Airbag Vest
The Helite Turtle Airbag Vest is essentially an airbag for your torso, offering protection for your spine, back, chest, ribs, and kidneys. The Helite…
Death Machines of London Triumph Thruxton
The 21st century iteration of the Triumph Thruxton is the sportiest variant of the Modern Classic family of Triumph motorcycles – including the Bonneville,…
The RSD Carson Motorcycle Jacket
The RSD Carson Motorcycle Jacket is a new design made entirely from hard-wearing 1.0 to 1.2mm thick buffalo leather. The team at Roland Sands…
Lab Motorcycle Yamaha XJR 1200
The Yamaha XJR 1200 was released in 1995 as a large displacement muscle bike with a comfortable upright riding position, and an almost obscenely…
Black or Tan: The Spidi X-Nashville Boots
The new Spidi X-Nashville Boots were designed to look like the footwear used by cafe racers, chopper riders, and desert racers in the ’60s…
What’s Under Your Hood?
What’s Under Your Hood? is a ’70s era instructional film that does a remarkably good job of explaining how an engine works, as well…
Vanguard Roadster
The Vanguard Roadster is a new low production volume motorcycle designed and built in New York, that’s due to go on sale in 2018…
The Lance Reventlow Shelby Cobra
Lance Reventlow is a name that will be immediately familiar to many of you, especially if you’re a fan of mid-20th Century racing. In…
Aluminium Spitfire
This aluminium Spitfire model measures in at 60.5cm long x 75.5cm wide x 17cm high, and it’s been designed to either sit on its…
Flying Tiger Motorcycles BMW R75/5
The BMW R75/5 was the top of the line member of the /5 family, with the smaller-engined 50/5 and 60/5 sitting below it in…
Secret Stash Nickel
Each Secret Stash Nickel is manufactured from actual, circulated American nickels and they’re indistinguishable from normal coins to the casual observer. There isn’t a…