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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The Angry Lane Rider Daypack
The Angry Lane Rider Daypack has been designed by motorcyclists, for motorcyclists. It’s the work of the team at Angry Lane, long known as Hong Kong’s premier custom motorcycle garage. They designed the Rider…
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro
With 550+hp from a 7 litre V8 and a 1/4 mile time in the mid-10s there are few ’60s muscle cars as capable as the legendary Yenko badged Camaros. They were originally built for…
Elemental Custom Cycles Yamaha XV750
The Yamaha Virago XV750 caused quite a stir when it was released in 1981, it was an obvious shot over the bow of Harley-Davidson, and moto journalists of the time waxed lyrical about the Milwaukee-based company’s…
Simpson M30 Bandit Carbon Helmet
The Simpson M30 Bandit Carbon helmet is the modern version of the model that Simpson have been selling since the 1970s – though of course its been re-engineered from scratch to meet or exceed…
Barn Find: 1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Alloy
Only one alloy-bodied road-going Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona was ever built, and for decades its whereabouts were largely unknown. Very few Ferrari historians even knew the car had been built, and those who did…
Christopher Ward C9 P2725 TM-B Limited Edition
The C9 P2725 TM-B Limited Edition timepiece by Christopher Ward was designed to commemorate Flight Lieutenant Ray Holmes, a WWII Hurricane fighter pilot who famously crashed his plane into a German bomber that was…
1986 Gemballa Avalanche
The Gemballa Avalanche is the car that helped launch Gemballa into the centre of the world stage for outrageous bespoke cars, often costing over $500,000 USD apiece in 1980s money – that’s well over $1,000,000 now….
Italian Sporting Bikes of the 70’s Poster Series
This poster series by Union Garage features artwork by Sir Martin Squires, all of these bikes took part in a one-day motorcycle show in Brooklyn and each was photographed from 16 individual angles in…
1966 Shelby GT350 – Period SCCA Race Car
The original Shelby Mustangs of 1965 and 1966 are known as the lightest and most uncompromising examples of the Carroll Shelby tuned pony car. Later year models would get heavier and more road oriented,…
The Grayl Ultralight Purification Bottle
The Grayl Ultralight Purification Bottle is essentially a french press designed to purify unreliable water into clean, safe drinking water. The filtration element uses electroabsorption, ultra-powdered activated carbon, and silver-treated zeolites to filter out…
Vibrazioni Ducati 749 Raticosa
The Ducati 749 you see here is the work of Vibrazioni Art Design, a boutique design house started by Alberto Dassasso and Riccardo Zanobini – two Italians with a penchant for recycling old oil barrels into handmade furniture and occasionally handbuilt motorcycles.
Saint Model 3014 Motorcycle Denim Jacket
The Saint Model 3014 Technical Denim Jacket is designed for motorcyclists who want to stay safe, but not look like a low-budget Power Ranger cosplay enthusiast. The Model 3014 is made from Dyneema interwoven with…