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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V-Squared Tee by Dodge & Burn
Dodge & Burn consistently turn out some of the most appealing tees we’re finding anywhere, although I guess the level of appeal is going to depend on how much interest you have in the industrial design of vintage cameras.
Donnie Moore in Duesenberg
This is a 1920 photograph of Donnie Moore in a Duesenberg racer, we’ve been struggling to find more information on Donnie but decided to share this picture anyway, in the hope that some of you might know a thing or two about him and/or that fantastic car.
Honda CB750 Cafe Racer by Steel Bent Customs
This minimalist Honda CB750 cafe racer is a quintessential Steel Bent Customs motorcycle, all the unnecessary nonsense is in the garbage leaving just a raw, almost skeletal motorbike that’ll happily carve up mountain roads with the best of them.
Welding Walt
Walt Siegl is one of the finest custom motorcycle builders in the world today, we’ve covered his work in the past with features on the MotoBee, the Riviera Ducati SS, the WS Sport Classic and the FX Roadster.
RVA Overland by Atom Bomb Custom Motorcycles
This bike was built by Clay Rathburn over at Atom Bomb Motorcycles, the garage is based in the historic town of Richmond, Virginia and Clay specialises in building custom vintage British motorcycles from discarded, damaged, abused and forgotten Triumph and BSA relics.
Hillclimbing – On Any Sunday
This clip is from the iconic film “On Any Sunday” which is well worth a watch if you’ve never seen it, it’s also well worth a watch if you have seen it.
North American F-82 Twin Mustang
The F-82 Twin Mustang has a fascinating history, most notably the model was responsible for the first 3 North Korean aircraft to be shot down at the beginning of the Korean War.
Vintage Triumph Motorcycle Factory Film
It’s great to see the manufacturing methods employed during the 1940s (or 1950s) in this film, the total lack of automation and resulting man hours required to build a motorcycle is remarkable to see.
Flat Track Checkered Flag
It’s wonderful the way vintage photographs like this can capture a moment so perfectly it almost feels like you’re there.
The Rag & Bone Man
This short film covers the day to day working life of Paul Firbank, AKA ‘The Rag & Bone Man’. Paul spends his days creating some truly beautiful creations from discarded items he finds buried in East London’s scrapyards.
Cube Helmet by Death Spray
Death Spray Customs is a design and creative house specialising in motorcycle and bicycle work with a heavy emphasis on stunning paint jobs.
JvB-moto Ducati Scrambler
The scrambler motorcycle genre just doesn’t get enough attention from custom bike builders, cafe racers, choppers and bobbers seem to be hugely popular but I’d love to see a custom shop building nothing but balls-to-the-wall scramblers just like this one.