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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Yamaha XS1100 “Eleven”
Upon its introduction in 1978, the Yamaha XS1100 was the largest-capacity and most powerful production motorcycle in the world. To say it took the…
Steampunk Nixie Tube Clock
These steampunk nixie tube clocks are handmade to order from black walnut, brass, stainless steel and long-life nixie tubes. Each one is made in the…
Honda CB750 F2N by Debolex
The Honda CB750 is one of the most important motorcycles of the 20th century, it was responsible for the coining of the term “super…
Rising Sun Workshop Tee
The Rising Sun Workshop is a communal motorcycle garage and cafe based in Sydney that launched in 2014 and quickly established itself as a home…
1953 Cunningham Continental C3
The Cunningham Continental C3 is an American car that was built in exceedingly limited numbers in 1952 and ’53 for Briggs Cunningham – the…
American Dreaming: Detroit’s Re-Discovered Golden Era Designs
American Dreaming is an upcoming feature length documentary about the long lost designs from the golden era of Detroit – it was company policy…
Porsche 911 RS Lightweight
Porschephiles around the world will often point to the Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight as the perfect iteration of the model – its…
Saint Kevlar Motorcycle Drills
Kevlar technology is progressing at a rapid rate, mostly fuelled by development for military and law enforcement applications, but motorcyclists have been reaping the…
Piston Lamp
We’ve seen all manner of motorcycle derived lamps over the past few years, but I’m reasonably certain that this one by Andrew Ziec is amongst…
Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford
Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford is a 1965 film presented by Carroll Shelby and featuring the likes of Pete Brock, Ken Miles and…
1927 Ace 1229cc Four
The Ace Motor Corporation was an American motorcycle manufacturer that had a short life, but a profound impact on engine design – especially for…
Harris Tweed Watch Roll by Worn & Wound
Worn & Wound has been producing watch straps and accessories for a number of years now, all of their gear is made by hand…