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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1966 Ford GT40 Mark I
The Ford GT40 is almost certainly the most famous, and most successful, result of Britain and America’s special cross-Atlantic automotive relationship. Many cars have…
Lotus C-01 Motorcycle
The Lotus C-01 was designed by Daniel Simon – the guy who designed the Tron Lightcycles in the recent reboot, the Bubbleship from the…
Piloti Superstrada Driving Shoes
The Piloti’s new Superstrada driving shoes are a modern interpretation of the classic men’s motoring shoe – designed to be the perfect footwear for…
Indian FTR 750
The new Indian FTR 750 is a race-only motorcycle developed in collaboration with Polaris-SwissAuto with a single goal in mind – the annihilation of…
The Original Redverz Solo Motorcycle Expedition Tent
The Redverz Solo Expedition Tent is the single camper version of their better known two-person Atacama tent, both models offer a dedicated motorcycle bay…
Shelby Series 1 Roadster
The Shelby Series 1 Roadster is the only car ever designed by Carroll Shelby from a blank sheet of paper. And for that reason…
Autodromo Stradale Automatic
The Autodromo Stradale Automatic is one of the original signature timepieces from Autodromo – and it’s one of the designs that launched them into…
BMW R nineT by Gasoline Motor Co.
The BMW R nineT was developed by the German marque as a modern version of the now iconic R90 – the identically pronounced (but…
Jakob Kähler’s Double Exposures
Jakob Kähler is a photograper who specialises in a now all but unknown format – double exposed film. He uses traditional film cameras to…
5 Minute Histories: The Story of the BMW K100
The Japanese rise as a dominant force in the motorcycle industry during the seventies caught much of the established European motorcycle manufacturers off guard. The bikes from the Land of the Rising Sun had nice convenient electric starters and quickly earned themselves a reputation for dependability. The expression “boringly reliable” was quickly applied to anything made by Honda, because they were. A flat out ride on a Honda CB750cc was however anything but boring and the Kawasaki 900cc that followed it provided levels of excitement that beggared belief.
Vaktare Bomber MotoJacket
The Vaktare Bomber MotoJacket is a modern take on the classic Bomber jacket, it’s outer shell is Melton wool with a natural finish reminiscent…
Documentary: Break The Record
Break The Record is a documentary covering the successful world land speed record run by Blue Flame in 1970 – it was to be…