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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Harley-Davidson Street 750 by TJ Moto
The Harley-Davidson Street 500 and 750 are broadly considered to be the two most important new models in recent memory from the 102 year old…
Dainese Freeman Motorcycle Gloves
The Freeman Motorcycle Glove is a new release from Dainese, the venerable Italian motorcycle gear company that produces protective wear for riders at the MotoGP…
Fifty Years of Kicks
Fifty Years of Kicks is one of those motorcycle documentaries that’s a must-watch – I know there are a lot of films out there…
Maserati 200SI
Maserati’s 200SI was a car developed with very large shoes to fill, it was to be the replacement for the popular and successful A6GC6,…
Handmade Copper Money Clip
These handmade copper money clips are produced one at a time in the upstate New York workshop of Tommy Wolfe. Each clip is cut,…
Mazda Cosmo 110S
The Mazda Cosmo 110S was the first rotary-engined car to roll out of the Japanese marque’s factory, it was dressed in a jet-age inspired…
JANE Riding Gloves
These new motorcycle gloves by JANE have been developed to offer as much comfort to the rider as possible, whilst also being highly effective…
Honda CX500 by Ton-up Garage
The Honda CX500 is a motorcycle that’s seen a surge in popularity over the past few years, which is surprising really as it wasn’t…
Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography Of Jackie Stewart
The staggering influence that Jackie Stewart has had on Formula 1 is impossible to deny, he’s the man largely credited with dragging the sport…
A Beautiful Dark Blue Intermeccanica Italia Spyder
Intermeccanica (or more correctly, Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica) is an automobile company with an extraordinary history – it was founded by the American couple Frank…
Vintage Neptune Outboard Motor
Modern outboard motors lack much of the stylistic finesse of their predecessors, this immaculately restored Neptune motor was crafted without an ounce of plastic…
Spitfire Barn Find
Barn finds come in all shapes and sizes, but very rarely do they come pre-fitted with a Rolls-Royce Merlin V12. After last week’s popular…