Articles that Ben 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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Silodrome Sunday Cinema: The Atami Run
In a country with so many phenomenal motorcycles built right around the corner it’s a testament to the British motorcycle industry of old that even 40 or 50 years after being built these…
Print Nº011 by Gianmarco Magnani
This is Print Nº011 by Gianmarco Magnani, a Peruvian artist who works under the moniker Silence Television.
The Bisiluro Damolnar
The remarkable looking Bisiluro Damolnar was created in 1955 by Carlo Mollino and Enrico Nardi their goal was to create an ultra-light, aerodynamic car to compete at Le Mans alongside the…
Roland Sands Design Blackline Softail
Roland Sands Design took the newish Harley-Davidson Blackline Softail and built the bike that the designers at Harley would have built, if they didn’t have to answer to middle management and bean counters.
iPad Typewriter
For some, the touchscreen will never replace the snick-snack of the old typewriters, up until now there really wasn’t much of a choice, if you wanted to use an iPad or modern computer, a touch screen or a plastic keyboard were your only options.
Wakan Motorcycles
It isn’t often that you can accuse the French of out-Americaning the Americans. I think this is perhaps one such rare occasion. Meet the Wakan Motorcycle.
Lady Mud Racer
There’s something fantastic about seeing a woman carving her way through mud deep enough to swallow most men whole. The fact that she’s doing it on what appears to be a vintage 2-stroke only makes it all the better.
Strada Bicycles
Strada Bicycles is a small company that builds unique bikes, using a very well designed online configurator customers can design a simple “around town” bicycle in less than 2 minutes, the order it to be delivered to them.
Ford Transit Jump – Circa 1985
In 1985 stuntman Steve Matthews jumped a Ford Transit over 15 cars for charity, his prep work on the van before the jump involved nothing more than removing the glass and duct-taping the hood closed.
Peregrine TT Jacket
The Peregrine TT Jacket has clear British design influence, mostly from the pre-WW2 era and resembles the jackets offered by companies like Belstaff.
Deus Ex Machina by Fuel TV
Deus Ex Machina has a Bali base of operations that is a valhalla for people who’s perfect life Venn diagram consists of sun, motorcycles and the sea.
Honda RC166 Gp Racer – 1/12 Model
The fire-breathing 6 cylinder Honda RC166 GP Racer was a revelation in it’s day, hell it’d probably still wipe floor with most modes bikes if it was ridden properly.