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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Royal Enfield Continental GT
This is the all-new Royal Enfield Continental GT, it was released last week in the UK and before I go any further I’ll hit…
X-Raider Boot by XPD
The X-Raider Boot by XPD has been developed specifically for long-distance riders who need a boot that’s comfortable and breathable but also 100% waterproof, windproof…
Yamaha Bolt Custom by Doc’s Chops
In a stroke of marketing genius, the team at Yamaha gave brand new Yamaha Bolts to 10 of the nations top bike builders and…
BMW K 1600 GTL
eBay Motors is giving away a brand new BMW K 1600 GTL, entering takes just a minute and is open to anyone in the…
Triumph Bonneville Custom by Ton Up Garage
The modern Triumph Bonneville, released in 2001 to much critical acclaim, is based on the original Bonneville from 1959. Both bikes use a parallel…
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Lucky Tiger After Shave/Face Tonic is the sort of thing that used to live in our grandfather’s medicine cabinet – for nights out on…
1969 Land Rover Series IIA “Air-Portable”
This is a 1969 Land Rover Series IIA “Air-Portable” and if you’ve never seen one before, they tend to stop you in your tracks….
Moto Lamps by Greg Drzymalski Design
Lamps made from repurposed motorcycle parts are becoming a more common sight, we’ve covered the work of Classified Moto in the past and it’s…
Vulcan by Old Empire Motorcycles
The humble Honda CB250 is a motorcycle that’s been surprisingly popular in the custom scene, the most famous is probably Much Much Go –…
American Giant Hoodie
The hoodie is a wardrobe staple for many, myself included, so when I learned about Bayard Winthrop and “The Internet’s Most Famous Hoodie” I…
Onboard With Gerhard Berger – Estoril 1989 Formula 1 Grand Prix
Sometimes it’s fantastic to drop the commentary, lose the onscreen graphics, forget about the advertising and get back to basics. So with that in mind, we thought it’d be good to bring you a full Formula One grand prix from the driver’s perspective. The race in question is the Portuguese Estoril 1989 Grand Prix and the camera is mounted just to the right of the head of Gerhard Berger, on his staggeringly unreliable 3.5 litre Ferrari 640.
McLaren P1 – iPhone & iPad Wallpaper
The McLaren P1 is rapidly beginning to look like one of those bellwether cars that causes a fundamental shift in automobile design, much like…