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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Datsun 510 Print
The Datsun 510 is known as the Datsun 1600 in much of the world outside of the United States and Canada, it’s a car…
Honda CB900F Bol d’Or
The Honda CB900F Bol d’Or was essentially the next step up from the venerable and staggeringly successful CB750, a motorcycle that had almost single-handedly…
Waterproof iPhone Handlebar Case
Taking a motorcycle on a cross-country trip and not getting lost three corners into the journey is something I personally think may be impossible….
Pegaso Z-102 by Touring
The Pegaso Z-102 was a technologically advanced sports car built by the Spanish in a truck factory between 1951 and 1958. It’s difficult to know…
Tobacco Motorwear Kevlar Jeans
Tobacco Motorwear released their first line of men’s Kevlar® motorcycle jeans last year, and since then the company has been doing a roaring trade…
VSSL Survival Flashlight
VSSL took a standard camping flashlight and realised there was a lot of space to be saved by replacing the traditional bulb with a…
The Birth Of Lotus To The Caterham Seven
The Lotus Seven and its modern progeny, the Caterham Seven, are iconic motor cars on par with the Volkswagen Beetle, the Land Rover Defender,…
1972 Nissan Fairlady Z 432
The Nissan Fairlady Z 432 sits alongside other Japanese icons like the Toyota 2000GT and the original Nissan Skyline GT-R as seriously collectible and…
North Coast Shirt Jacket
The North Coast Shirt Jacket was created by Edgevale to be a perfect cross-over between a long sleeved shirt, and a light jacket. It’s…
Autodromo Group B Watch
Autodromo released the Group B Watch today as part of a collection inspired by the gold age of rally – an age that was characterised…
Honda CB550 by Lossa Engineering
The Honda CB550 is a motorcycle that sits in the shadow of its larger sibling, the Honda CB750. Anyone who’s ridden both models will…
Everyman Grafton Pen
The Grafton Pen is a new design by Everyman, an American company quickly making a name for themselves by producing EDC items developed to…