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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Café Veloce By Radical Ducati
Café Veloce By Radical Ducati is a heavily customised Ducati GT1000, Radical Ducati are well known for their technically advanced and engineering-first approach to motorcycle tweaking, this bike is no exception.
Custom Bikes of Poland
Poland isn’t a country that most associate with custom motorcycles, they do have some phenomenal builders though and this short film goes a long way towards bringing Polish builders to the forefront of the world stage.
Steve McQueen Desert Racer by Métisse Motorcycles
There isn’t a red blooded male on the face of the Earth who doesn’t, in some small way, want to be like Steve McQueen. British motorcycle manufacturer Métisse Motorcycles has joined forces with Steve McQueen’s estate to produce a 300 unit production run of the bike you see pictured above and below.
Vincent Motorcycle Collection
This extraordinary collection of Vincent Motorcycles is the sort of thing that comes up for sale once every few decades, if you’re lucky. The collection of 3 Vincents includes a Black Shadow, a Rapide and a Comet, all in astonishingly good condition with none of the bikes having been restored.
1903 Spyker
In 1903 brothers and coachbuilders Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker unveiled the 60HP Spyker, this remarkable car featured a number of world firsts including the…
Brat Style SR400
Brat Style is a phrase used by many and understood by few, the garage itself is run by a quiet Japanese man by the…
Racing Brighton Beach
Every now and then I come across a photograph that mesmerises me, click the above picture and take a look at it full scale and you’ll see what I mean.
Kamome Sprinter
The Kamome Sprinter is a unique bike, it’s based on a 2011 Harley Davidson Softail Crossbones but to look at it you’d never guess it…
Royal Enfield Café Racer
Royal Enfield café Racers aren’t as common as they really should be, this Enfield Bullet 500 is up for sale on eBay out of Utica, NY and the current owner sounds like he’s got his head screwed on.
Jaguar Goodwood Poster – 1952
The 1952 Goodwood 9 Hour Race was first held in 1952, Jaguar sent the above illustrated C-Type with other British manufacturers sending their latest creations.
Mini Spinner
This super-sepia footage features 1960’s rally drivers Paddy Hopkirk and Timo Makinen demonstrating controlled spins, skids and extreme reverse parking at Pukekohe, New Zealand.
Distressed Rising Sun Helmet
I love Biltwell helmets, I have one and wear it daily, I also swear by them to any who ask. The only way to make it better would be a custom paint job by Old School Helmets,