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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Ryan Reynolds’ Honda CB750 by Raccia Motorcycles
When Mike LaFountain of Raccia Motorcycles sent us the images of the Honda CB750 you see here and told me he’d just finished building it…
Motorcycle Jeans by Tobacco MC
We’re in the midst of a surge in popularity and demand for Kevlar-lined motorcycle jeans, unlike the days of old this new generation of…
Outside The Frame: A Short Film
Outside The Frame is a short film about Todd Kiergen, one of those entertaining old motorcycle gurus that we all secretly wish we were…
Ferrari 288 GTO
The Ferrari 288 GTO (or more correctly the Ferrari GTO) was the first prancing horse to wear the legendary “GTO” badge since its predecessor…
The Gentleman’s Bar Collection
This is our collection of slightly unusual items that you probably don’t currently have in your home bar, but that you should probably consider….
The Bienville Legacy
– This article is a conversational interview of motorcycle and car designer JT Nesbitt by Jason Cormier – “So tell me what you think,…
Otto Lamp by Urban Light Factory
This is the Otto Lamp by Urban Light Factory, a small German company that specialises in rescuing vintage car and motorcycle parts and turning…
Turbo: Made To Measure
Turbo: Made To Measure is a film covering the development of the turbocharged Ford TEC V6 engine that was used in the mid-80s Haas…
Monteluz Pisco
I came across Pisco last month for the first time and it seems like one of those things that everyone other than me already…
Porsche 959
The Porsche 959 is the car remembered for integrating the still relatively new world of technology into the automotive drivetrain – making it an…
ODFU x Sideburn Magazine Tee
This is the new ODFU x Sideburn Magazine T-shirt, a limited edition joint project between the two motorcycle-centric companies. If you’re a little tired of the…
Harley-Davidson RR350
The Harley-Davidson RR350 is the enlarged version of the RR250, a motorcycle built from the ground up by the Italians that was essentially a Harley-Davidson in name…