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.
Ben Branch -
Vintage Messenger Bag by Whipping Post
Whipping Post is a company that was founded by Ryan Barr in 2010, Ryan’s goal was to create handmade leather goods that evoke the high build quality and “buy it for life” characteristics of…
BMW Interceptor by Radical Ducati
The BMW Interceptor you see pictured above and below is the result of a collaboration between our friends over at Radical Ducati and Max Boxer. With a surname like ‘Boxer’ it’d be absurd for…
Tank Moto Magazine
Tank Moto Magazine is a new quarterly publication by the talented editorial team behind the car-centric Fuel Magazine – Tank Moto is dedicated purely to motorcycles and the culture that surrounds them in Australia…
BMW nineT
The BMW nineT is a motorcycle that the design team at BMW Motorrad have been wanting to build for a long time, some of you might remember the BMW Lo-Rider Concept that we featured…
The Bell Bullitt Helmet – Everything You Need To Know
This is the Bullitt helmet by Bell, it’s based on the design of the same name shown by Chad Hodge in 2012 and it’s designed to slot neatly into the burgeoning new genre of motorcycle…
1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Carrozzeria Scaglietti
The Ferrari 250LM was designed in 1963 by Pininfarina with the final coachwork built by Carrozzeria Scaglietti, there aren’t many who’ll argue when I call this one of the most beautiful Ferraris of the…
Timex Sport Watch
When it comes to watches, we often fall into the trap of thinking that expensive = better. Although this is often true, there are many situations in life when the last thing you want…
Custom W650 by Blitz Motorcycles
Blitz Motorcycles is a French custom motorcycle garage that has the fascinating ability to completely polarise the people who see their bikes into two distinct camps. On the right you have the people who…
How To Build An Art Deco Motorcycle Helmet
When it comes to art deco design on two wheels – the undisputed king is Randy Grubbs. He’s the man who built Jay Leno’s tank car, the Decoliner and the Decoson – all of…
Moto Guzzi Custom by Officine Rossopuro
This Moto Guzzi custom by Officine Rossopuro is one of those bikes that comes along every now and then that leads me to slowly take out my wallet, open it, look inside, sigh, then…
Syd Mead Wallpaper Series 1
Syd Mead is widely recognised as the most influential visual futurist of the 20th century, he was born in 1933 and would go on to develop his own unique vision of what life would…
1990 Monaco Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1L8d43dFHY The 1990 Monaco Grand Prix was a dramatic affair, the young French newcomer Jean Alesi was setting a remarkably quick pace and Ayrton Senna was feeling the heat. The race would be a battle…