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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Triumph Trident Racing Motorcycle
Triumph ended their factory racing program in the mid-70s due to budget restrictions and increasingly competitive two-strokes from Japan, this could have spelled the end…
Malcolm! The Autobiography
Malcolm! The Autobiography is the only official record of one of America’s finest motorcyclists – Malcolm Smith. It’s difficult to condense the life of…
A Long Hard Day – The 1980 Bathurst 1000
The 1980 Bathurst 1000 was officially titled the “Hardie Ferodo 1000”, it took place on the 5th of October at the world renowned Mount…
1927 Indian Scout “Wall of Death” Racer
The Wall of Death was originally called the Silodrome, but carnival attendees are a fickle bunch and they were easily distracted by the competition…
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
The second generation Corvette was introduced in 1963, it was a substantial update over the original 10 year old design and for the first…
Schott NYC Wool Car Coat
The Wool Car Coat by Schott NYC is a winter staple for many thanks to its thick 24 oz Melton wool outer shell, which…
Münch Mammoth
Friedl Münch began hand building the Mammoth in 1966 after receiving a special order from Jean Murit – a former motorcycle sidecar racer and a…
CRKT Guppie Multi-Tool
The Guppie Multi-Tool from CRKT is an ideal addition to any motorcyclist’s road kit, it’s one of the few multi-tools to incorporate a fully…
1937 Morgan Three-Wheeler
H.F.S. Morgan debuted his first three-wheeled cyclecar design at the 1911 Olympia Motor Exhibition, he had previously built a little single seat three-wheeler for…
Prospector BoomCase
BoomCase have been building custom boomboxes since 2009, the company specialises in taking old suitcases and converting them into portable stereos with their own…
James May’s Honda PS50
James May of Top Gear fame has been streamlining his personal collection over the past few months with former and future co-host Richard Hammond…
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 L78
The Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 L78 was a 375 horsepower version of the 396 cubic inch V8, it was the second highest spec that…