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 ICON FJ40
The ICON FJ40 is an automotive reboot of sorts, the engineering team at ICON took the traditional Toyota FJ40 and stripped it back to…
The Iron & Resin Coffee Kit
The Iron & Resin Coffee Kit is an all-in-one solution to the problem faced by people like me when out in…
Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft
This book and it’s full length, not-so-brief title “Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft” is a fantastic…
The Derringer Electric Bike
The Derringer Electric Bike is the first e-bike from well known motorised bicycle manufacturer Derringer, it’s designed to evoke the styling queues of the…
Oru Kayak
It seems almost too cliché but each January, after a December of gluttony and sloth, I find myself looking for outdoor activities that require…
Norman Reedus’ Classified Moto Yamaha XV920R
Those of you who watch The Walking Dead will already be well aware of who Norman Reedus is, his character is a new breed…
Stylmartin Legend Boots
We’ve featured Stylmartin Legend Boots here on Silodrome before, they’ve always proven to be remarkably popular due to the fact that they look fantastic…
Yamaha GTS 1000
This is the fourth piece in a series on Silodrome written by the talented Jason Cormier, Jason is a writer, an avid motorcyclist, a…
Lubitel 2 Camera
The Lubitel 2 camera is an early Soviet design from the Leningrad “GOMZ” factory that would later be known as “LOMO”, you may recognise…
1986 Honda VF1000R
The Honda VF1000R is considered by many to be the best of the now classic VF1000 model line produced by Honda between 1984 and…
Lambskin Gloves by Etro
These triple-tone lambskin gloves by Etro are a fantastic solution for those who want driving gloves suitable for sub-zero temperatures, older cars don’t always…
Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina
This Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina is the Australian company’s interpretation of what the XJR1300 could have been, in an alternate universe…