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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1928 BSA 557cc ‘Sloper’
This 1928 BSA 557cc ‘Sloper’ is one of those beautiful pre-war motorcycles that I’d have locked away in my personal collection, if I was someone with the resources of Jay Leno. Originally released in…
Audi Quattro S1 Wallpaper
Ernest Hemingway once said “auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports, all the others are games.” – I suspect that if he’d ever had the chance to see the…
Eric Patterson’s Brough Superior
The 67 year old man you see pictured above is Eric Patterson and he’s been a lover of motorcycles since before you or I were born. 2013 is his fifth consecutive year at the…
Leather Suitcase by Saddleback Leather
If I were to tell you that the leather suitcase you see above is made from full-grain boot leather and is sold with a 100 year warranty, you’d probably be more than ready to…
The Laverda V6
This is the fourth piece in a new series on Silodrome written by the talented Jason Cormier. Jason is a writer, an avid motorcyclist, a Ducati die-hard, and a shadetree mechanic based in Montreal….
Faraday Messenger Bag by Modern Industry
The Faraday Messenger Bag is the latest creation from the San Francisco based design team Modern Industry. We’ve featured their work before when they released their first design, the Magnitude Backpack, earlier this year….
1970 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
The 1970 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 is an exceedingly important car in the back-catalogue of Alfa Romeo cars, it’s often overlooked because it didn’t enjoy the same successes as its successor, the 1971 Tipo 33/3,…
Draggin C–Evo Kevlar Jeans
I picked up a pair of Draggin C–Evo Kevlar Jeans a few months ago with a view to wearing them out on the bike a few times to see how they faired. I should…
Rebuilding A Triumph Spitfire Engine
There’s nothing quite like the process of pulling apart, fixing and rebuilding a vintage engine. You get extra points for completing this task if the engine in question is British or Italian of course,…
John Britten and the V1000
Many, if not most of you, will know the story of John Britten and his revolutionary V1000. If you’re unfamiliar with the history behind the man and his now legendary motorcycle you can click…
1915 Indian Board Track Bike By Craig Kitzmann
This 1915 Indian Board Tracker might look a little bit like nothing you’ve ever seen before, that’s largely due to the fact that it’s a 3D model and not a real bike. Yet. It…
JPS Lotus Keychain
The John Player Special Lotus Formula One Team’s exploits are now inscribed in history as one of the great, golden eras in the long and storied saga of grand prix motor racing. The black…