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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BMW R100R by Urban Motor
The BMW R100R was released in 1991 and targeted at the North American market, it was designed with looks inspired by the BMW airheads…
Rolls-Royce Merlin Owner’s Workshop Manual
The Rolls-Royce Merlin Owner’s Workshop Manual is a detailed look into the development, engineering and evolution of the legendary aero-engine that powered the both…
Barry Sheene’s Bell Helmet
Barry Sheene is a legendary British-born motorcycle racer with almost inhuman levels of talent and a larger-than-life personality that won him fans both on…
Buick Nailhead V8 Dragster
Buick’s “Nailhead” V8 was released in 1953 as an option for the Roadmaster, Century, and Super road-going models, but it quickly found favour on…
Rad City Tee by Scotch & Iron
The Rad City tee by Scotch & Iron is one of their newer designs, as with all of their tees it’s printed on a…
American Optical General Sunglasses
American Optical have been producing sunglasses to U.S. Armed Forces standards since the 1950s, they created the first American aviator design and their sunglasses…
Scott Sprint Special
The Scott Motorcycle Company is deservedly famous in vintage motorcycle circles, designs from the company were ahead of their time by quite some margin…
Crystal Palace Jacket by Belstaff
The Crystal Palace jacket by Belstaff is a relatively recent addition to their expanding line of armoured motorcycle gear. The brand is more famous…
1960 Watson Indianapolis Roadster
The 1960 Watson Indianapolis Roadster is just about the perfect example of the iconic American racer, Indy Roadsters were the dominant design between 1952…
Porsche 917 Silkscreen Posters
This series of large silkscreen Porsche 917 posters are a new release from World Shut Your Mouth – a Kansas City based boutique automotive…
Richard Hammond’s Triton
The Triton is almost certainly the most famous motorcycle to have never been built in a factory – the name came from a contraction of…
Stirling Engine Kit
The Stirling engine was originally invented by Scottish minster Robert Stirling in 1816, his invention rivalled the steam engine for a time and today…