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Mission Gloves by Roland Sands Design
These retro motorcycle gloves by Roland Sands Design are a great of fresh air compared to the usual offerings in the motorcycle glove department. They have padded knuckles, a velcro/stud wrist fastener, a padded palm and are available now.
1915 Indian Boardtrack Racer
It isn’t often that an all original Indian Boardtrack racing motorcycle comes up for sale, there are a number of restored Indian boardtrackers out…
Bill Milliken Racing The 1947 Pikes Peak Hillclimb
Bill Milliken is an astonishingly talented engineer, by the age of 19 he had already designed, built, flown and crashed his own aircraft, his fascination for machinery continued right through to the current day – he’s still alive and kicking at the age of 100.
La Mer de Pianos – The Sea of Pianos
Though not inline with our usual features we talked about this film a great deal and decided that anyone who appreciates the intricate engineering and sense of history that goes into vintage motorcycles and automobiles will be touched by this wonderful short film by Tom Wrigglesworth and Mathieu Cuvelier.
Merry Christmas from Silodrome
Silodrome will be updating every single day without fail over the Christmas/New Years period so if you find yourself suffering through inane babble at yet another Christmas party, come hang out with us on the inter tubes. We’re always happy to see you and all we ever want to talk about is oily motorcycles, noisy automobiles and dapper duds.
Raven MotoCycles
Raven MotoCycles is a boutique custom motorcycle garage run by Jeff Gundlach, the overall design employed by Raven clearly harks back to the glory days of the Brough Superior and early Sunbeam models with perhaps a little boardtracker styling thrown in for good measure.
Jackie Stewart vs Champagne
Jackie Stewart is one of the most famous and successful Formula 1 drivers to ever grace a circuit with his presence. He led the call in the 60’s and 70’s to make F1 a safer sport and had a number of near fatal accidents himself along the way.
Chronograph Modern by Maurice de Mauriac
Maurice de Mauriac has been receiving a lot of positive press recently, the company was founded by Daniel Dreifuss, a well-known and respected watchmaker.
Ducati 750 SS
Sometimes a motorcycle comes along that I’d quite happily hold the Pope hostage in order to buy. For me, this 1972 Ducati 750 SS 200 Miglia Imola Corsa ‘Replica’ is one such bike.
Trial Master Jacket by Belstaff
Belstaff make some of the best and most timeless gear money can buy, this 2012 version of the tried and tested Trial Master Jacket is one of those absolutely essential wardrobe items for people like me, who often get stuck outdoors on a motorcycle when it decides to start raining.
Austin Healey 100/4
This great action shot features Donald Healey at the helm of an Austin Healey 3000 MKII on the salt flats of Bonneville in 1953.
Magnus by Bandit 9 Motorcycles
Bandit 9 is a relatively new custom motorcycle workshop in Beijing headed up by Daryl Villanueva, it currently has 2 CJ750 builds on the showroom floor and both of them are phenomenal looking bikes.