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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Steve McQueen’s 1938 Triumph Speed Twin
It isn’t every day that a bike like this, Steve McQueen’s 1938 Triumph Speed Twin, comes up for auction. The Triumph was restored for McQueen…
Palmer & Sons Leather Gladstone No. 10
Palmer & Sons is a company that specialises in the creation of leather bags, cases and accessories. Each of their bags is handmade using 10oz Havana Brown buffalo leather, brass rivets and rosewood and the attention to detail throughout is exemplary.
Wood-Rotax SJ676 Grand Prix Racer
The Wood-Rotax SJ676 Grand Prix Racer is easily one of the most beautiful racers I’ve seen in some time. It almost looks like an incredibly…
The Sydney Forensic Photography Archive
The Sydney Forensic Photography Archive contains some of the most captivating images of early 20th century life that you’ll find anywhere in the world….
Radical Ducati
These stunning images were shared with us by Dan Anderson, an industrial designer, photographer and editor of WideOpenMoto. He went to Spain and visited the hallowed grounds of Radical Ducati…
Suunto Core Yellow Crush
The Suunto Core Yellow Crush is a bit of a marvel, it has an altimeter, barometer, depth gauge, digital compass, a digital thermometer and if you get bored of all that, it also tells the time.
Ladies Beach Race
This is exactly the sort of motor sports event we need more of, although it might be a good idea to institute some sort of helmet rule as mid-50’s housewife headscarves generally don’t come with DOT certification.
Moto Guzzi Mark 1 Le Mans by Matt Machine
This Moto Guzzi Mark 1 Le Mans was featured on Silodrome last year, after discovering that the bike was now up for sale on eBay (via Pipeburn), we decided to feature it again for all those who might have missed it the first time, and for all those who might want to sell the Prius and buy it.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Mug
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is the skunkworks division at Pratt & Whitney that focusses on rocket engine design, they build the engines that powered Curiosity to Mars and you can bet that there were a few of these coffee mugs being nervously sipped by rocket scientists earlier this morning.
Monowheel Tank
Okay so in the grand scheme of things this invention seems a little mad. It’s also incredibly cool and if it actually worked it’d…
Buffalo Boat Races – Circa 1925
This fascinating footage of motorboat races in 1925 in Buffalo shows a wide variety of watercraft from the era including a spectacularly beautiful steam powered ship (about half way through).
Steve McQueen On Set
This great shot of Steve McQueen on the British set of 1962′s The War Lover, it’s the story of a daring WWII bomber pilot with a death wish.