Articles that Ben Branch 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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Las Marias MC
Las Marias MC is an all-female motorcycle club in Mexico City, they found that riding in a group made them far safer on the oftentimes chaotic streets of Mexico and they ride a broad…
The PRVKE Photographer’s Pack
The PRVKE Pack is a newly developed rucksack by the team over at WANDRD, it’s been created to suit a broad range of uses but it’s likely to be most interesting to professional photographers…
1970 Intermeccanica Italia Spyder
The Intermeccanica Italia Spyder is an American/Italian sportscar that was produced in very limited numbers, it’s thought that less than 500 were built in total and it’s unknown how many have survived to the…
Ikara Anti-Submarine Tail Fin
The Ikara was an Australian anti-submarine missile developed in 1959, over the course of its life it would be used by the Australian, British, Brazilian, New Zealand and Chilean navies. Ikara is an Australian…
The Phil Hill Story
The Phil Hill Story is a slightly older documentary about America’s only native born Formula 1 World Champion. Hill was a famously quiet and reserved man who once said “I’m in the wrong business….
Steve McQueen’s Indian Sport Scout
Steve McQueen owned an extraordinary array of vehicles including a 1931 Pitcairn PA-8 biplane, a Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, a Jaguar XKSS, a Ford GT40 and a number of motorcycles – including the 1934…
D-Day Original: 101st Airborne Paratrooper Jump Knife
The D-Day assault is one of the most important military events of the 20th century, the heroism, courage and selflessness displayed by the Allies as they began the mission to retake Europe has few…
Volkswagen 21 Window Samba
The 21 Window Volkswagen Samba was the most luxurious version of the iconic Type 2 Microbus, it was offered in both 23 and 21 window variants and both had 8 panoramic windows in the…
Red & Black Biltwell Overland Goggles
The new Biltwell Overland Goggles have been developed for riders who are more likely to be off road on a Triumph Trophy TR6 than a modern enduro. The lenses are CNC laser cut from…
Harley-Davidson Model JDH ‘Two Cam’ Racer
In 1928 Harley-Davidson offered its ‘Two Cam’ racing engine in a street legal motorcycle for the first time, it was called the Model JDH and it was one of the fastest motorcycles you could…
Scrimshaw Knife Kit
The Scrimshaw Knife Kit by Mollyjogger is an all inclusive package to try your hand at scrimshaw etching – a unique art form that began during the heyday of the whaling era of the…
BMW R100RS Scrambler
The BMW R100RS was a transformative motorcycle for BMW, it was one of the first bikes designed to wear a fairing from the very beginning, and its design cues would be widely copied by…