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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BAM & POW Hip Flasks
Occasionally we all need a comicbook-style bam to the face, just to bring us back to reality. These hip flasks from Eyval Decal cost a rather affordable $19.95 apiece, making them excellent Christmas gifts…
Bucephalus by Loaded Gun Customs
Bucephalus is one of the more unusual custom motorcycles we’ve had the good fortune to feature here on Silodrome, the bike is staggeringly complex but it can be summed up relatively simply: it’s a…
1903 Wright Flyer Blueprints – Free Download
The 1903 Wright Flyer is a small, fabric covered piece of engineering that will live on as one of the most important achievements of mankind in the 20th century, and probably in all of…
1956 Austin-Healey 100M ‘Factory’ Le Mans
The Austin-Healey 100M ‘Factory’ Le Mans is the high-end iteration of the 100/4 or BN1/BN2 Healeys from the mid-1950s, these cars hold no small amount of fascination for me largely due to the fact…
British Army Knife
The timeless British Army Knife has seen a resurgence in popularity of late, this is mostly due to the fact that its sub-3″ blade means that its 100% street legal in the UK and…
The Supercharged 1934 Lagonda Rapier Special
This 1934 Lagonda Rapier Special was built by Australian racing legend Ross Stewart, a man also responsible for one of the world’s fastest racing Austin Sevens. He started the project to build this car…
The 2014 Overlord Resistance Jacket by ICON
The new Overlord Resistance Jacket by ICON is the sort of over-engineered piece of protective gear that I’d wear if I knew for a fact that I was going to come off my bike…
The Glory Days of British Motorbikes – Full Film
The Glory Days of British Motorbikes is a fantastic, hour long documentary about the golden age of British motorcycles, mods, rockers and cafe racers. The film is part of the BBC Timeshift Series, all…
Martini Jersey
The retro MX jersey collection over at Reign VMX is one of my favourite recent discoveries, the jersey you see pictured above is the classic Martini design worn by men like Roger DeCoster and Joel…
The Women’s Motorcycle Exhibition by Lanakila MacNaughton
The Women’s Motorcycle Exhibition by Lanakila MacNaughton is a photographic exhibition centred around female motorcyclists, I’ve included some of her images here to give you a glimpse of what you’ll see at the brick…
Robinson Motorcycle Jacket by Union Garage NYC
The new Robinson Motorcycle Jacket by Union Garage NYC is a fully-armoured waxed cotton jacket designed to evoke the spirit of the gear worn by motorcyclists during the formative years of two-wheeled transportation. The…
1988 Ferrari Testarossa
The Ferrari Testarossa is a car that’ll be immediately familiar with any XY chromosome holder born in the 80s or earlier. To this day I remember being in the 5th grade and arguing with other…