Articles that Ben Branch 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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1974 MV Agusta 750S
The engine used in the MV Agusta 750S was originally placed in the MV Agusta 600 in 1966 – making it one of the first…
Icon 1000 Axys Jacket
The Axys Jacket by Icon 1000 is a new release for late-2016, it’s designed as a 3-season jacket that can potentially do 4-season work…
Egli-Vincent Racer
The Egli-Vincent has become so famous since it was first developed in the mid-1960s that its name now almost rivals the Vincent marque itself….
Davida Gov Visor
The Davida Gov Visor is a solution for those who need something halfway between a bubble visor and a pair of traditional aviator goggles….
5 Minute Histories: The Norton Commando
Introduction The Norton Commando is a vintage British motorcycle whose name would become so iconic it’s still a household name decades after the originals…
The Radial Engined Megola Motorcycle
The Megola motorcycle was designed by Fritz Cockerell in 1920, it’s powered by a 5-cylinder radial engine mounted inside the spokes of the front…
Interview: Enzo Ferrari on Ferrari
This 25 minute interview is one of the best conversations with Enzo I’ve ever seen. The man behind Ferrari was notoriously difficult to get…
1959 BMC 5-Ton Race Transporter
In 1959 the British Motor Corporation built 20 5-ton PSV chassis to operate as mobile service schools for the BMC mechanics of Britain. The…
1930s-Era Dashboard Instruments
This matching pair of 1930s-era dashboard instruments were mounted to the dash of a long forgotten race car, as a way of tracking temperature…
1936 Pontiac Six 4 Litre Motorhome
This 1936 Pontiac Motorhome was ordered by Englishman Captain Dunn as a rolling chassis with the front end pre-fitted. Once it was delivered to…
Colin Chapman’s Range Rover Classic
The Range Rover Classic was initially released to the public in 1970 as a relatively unique concept – it was a 4×4 with less…
Speed and Strength Overhaul Boots
Speed and Strength’s new Overhaul Boots have been developed for urban motorcyclists who need protective footwear that they can wear all day long. They’re…