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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Kawasaki W650 Superrench by Angry Lane
Angry Lane is a custom motorcycle workshop and apparel label based out of Hong Kong, surprisingly there are very few custom bike builders in…
Flatbush Motorcycle Jacket
The Flatbush Vintage Jacket is one of the new 2015 offerings from REV’IT!, the Dutch motorcycle apparel manufacturer that supplies gear to everyone from…
Dobbertin’s Nova
Many of us grew up in an era when car magazines ruled the four-wheeled world, a time when the word “digital” was only used to…
The Mission Briefcase
The Mission Briefcase by Rugged Material is a bag developed to be an extensible as possible for people who need an executive briefcase to…
The Thorogood Dodgeville Boot
The Thorogood Dodgeville Boot is made by hand in Marshfield, Wisconsin using techniques honed from 123 years of experience. The upper portion of the…
Camp Century: The City Under Ice
Project Iceworm was a secret Cold War operation to create subterranean nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet – within close striking…
BMW R nineT by JANE Motorcycles
JANE Motorcycles is the brainchild of Adam Kallen and Alex DiMattio, the men have been friends for years and they share a passion for…
Cafe Racers: Speed, Style, and Ton-Up Culture
Cafe Racers: Speed, Style, and Ton-Up Culture is a book by motorcycling icon Paul d’Orleans – as the name suggests it offers a detailed look into…
Triton by The GasBox
In some respects, the Triton is the two wheeled equivalent of the Chimaera from ancient Greek mythology. It was a custom motorcycle built from…
The Great Race Tracks Of The World
Of all the automotive posters you might choose to put on your garage wall, this is probably one of the most important. It shows…
Kawasaki KZ550 by No. 8 Wire Motorcycles
No. 8 Wire Motorcycles is a small but influential custom motorcycle garage based in Missoula, Montana. It’s run by a friendly New Zealander by…
Jbird Collective Leather Sunglasses
Leather isn’t a material we’re used to seeing used for sunglasses, in fact this is the first 100% leather sunglass design ever offered for…