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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The World’s First Motorcycle
As you might imagine, there’s no small amount of controversy surrounding the invention of the motorcycle. In fact, some consider the first motorcycle to…
Frieling French Press
I’m convinced that coffee has fuelled many, if not most, of humanity’s advances over the past few hundred years. With this in mind it’s…
1974 Hesketh 308 Formula 1 Car
Few Formula 1 cars from the ’70s are remembered as fondly as the 1974 Hesketh 308, it was the first car built by the…
Izola Pocket Knives
The gentleman’s pocket knife has been slowly returning to favour in recent years, many feared that it had been forever replaced with the iPhone…
Honda CRF450X Cafe Racer
The engine in the Honda CRF450X wasn’t designed to sit in a motorcycle that looked quite like this – originally designed for off-road work,…
Lightweight Perfecto Jacket by Schott NYC
The new Lightweight Perfecto Motorcycle Jacket by Schott NYC is a summer-ready design that evokes the look of the original Perfecto, a jacket that’s…
Caterham 7 Indy Custom
The Lotus Seven, now known as the Caterham 7, is one of the most iconic British vehicles of all time, the little bug-eye headlights,…
Stag Horn Whiskey Flight
This Stag Horn Whiskey Flight is made by hand from genuine stag horn in Scotland – the original home of the nectar of the…
Johammer Electric Motorcycle
The Johammer electric motorcycle is a new design that first came to light in February this year, the initial visual impact that the bike…
Motorcycle Helmet Mounts
These motorcycle helmet mounts by Brandon Cameron are possibly the single greatest method of storing a lid that have ever been devised by humankind….
The Keating Wheel Company
“The Keating Wheel Company” is a short film by Lucent Productions about the life and times of Brian Keating and his company of the…
Board Track Medic
The above image presents a bit of a mystery, it appears to show a medic or doctor attending to a man who has clearly…