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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Triumph Scrambler by Tamarit Spanish Motorcycles
This Triumph Scrambler by Tamarit Spanish Motorcycles is one of the more off-road capable scramblers we’ve featured in recent memory – a modern scrambler…
Bell X Schott NYC® Café Racer Jacket
The all new Bell X Schott NYC® Café Racer leather jacket is the result of a collaboration between the two iconic American brands, it’s…
1973 Ducati 750SS Corsa by NCR
This 1973 Ducati 750SS Corsa by NCR was left sitting in a garage for over 30 years, it’s hard to imagine the thought process…
Hooded Zip Sweat by Buzz Rickson’s
The Hooded Zip Sweat by Buzz Rickson’s is a pre-Depression era design that’s made using traditional 1920’s shuttle looms, each is made from 13-ounce…
Ford Cortina GT
The Ford Cortina GT was designed to be the in-house performance version of the popular Cortina – a car that had been developed to…
Hammered Pewter Tankard
When it comes to vessels for drinking beer, this hammered pewter tankard is just about as classy as you’re ever likely to get. Men and…
Boss 429 Wallpaper
The Boss 429 Mustang was produced in 1969 and 1970 due to the homologation requirements of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series. Ford needed something extraordinary…
BMW R45 by Cytech
The BMW R45 has never really enjoyed the icon status of its larger stablemates, the smaller engine (473cc) and lower power output (35hp) does…
Gerber Black Diesel Multi-Plier
The Gerber Black Diesel Multi-Plier is one of the more recent additions to the Gerber line of multitools, it’s designed to be the sort…
End of an Era – Bathurst 1979
End of an Era is a film presented by Australian racing legend Peter Brock, it covers a little of the history of the infamous…
1947 Vincent Rapide Project Motorcycle
This 1947 Vincent Rapide is one of the most promising project motorcycles we’ve come across in recent memory, that said – you’d have to…
Winnipeg Roughriders Motorcycle Club
This fantastic photograph shows the Winnipeg Roughriders Motorcycle Club at a hill climb near Miami (Manitoba, Canada) in 1945. Most (if not all) of…