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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Dragstrip Riot
I’m saddened and confused that I’ve never heard of this film. I don’t see how it can be anything other than wonderful, although a quick check revealed that it didn’t win a best picture Oscar. Baffling.
WrenchMonkee #17
The WrenchMonkees are a Copenhagen based custom motorcycle garage with a penchant for urban, retro, rideable bikes. WrenchMonkee motorcycles always seem to have an understated,…
Moto Guzzi by Kaffee Maschine
Moto Guzzi produce some of the most café racer friendly motorcycles in the world today, this Guzzi, built by Kaffee Maschine, looks almost like…
Duomatic Bicycle by Hammarhead
Hammarhead Industries is stepping out into the world of human powered machines with the release of their first bicycle, the Duomatic.
Touchdown
This is a picture of a Jeep piloted by Jim Vaughan in the 70’s, it’s a great example of wheel-articulation is action. I stumbled across this snapshot over on the brilliant OffRoadAction.ca website, check them out if you have time.
Moto Vietnam
I’m currently sitting at a small roadside cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. I flew in last Thursday to join 15 men on a…
Vintage Stunts
From a time when Nomex was a small man’s previous wife, this is a frankly insane stunt performed in what appears to be a Model T Ford.
Momo Fighter Helmet
Momo are producing some of the coolest 3/4 helmets currently on the market, this model, dubbed the “Fighter” pulls design cues from fighter pilot…
Tunnel of Love – Café Racer – A Free Short Film
This 12 minute short film has no spoken dialog, instead it employs clever visual cues to tell a story. It takes place in London and follows a leather clad racer on his 1968 Norton Commando.
Hawkized Triumph by Roland Sands Design
This “Hawkized” Triumph was built by the team at Roland Sands Design for a recent charity event organised by Tony Hawk. The Tony Hawk: DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit hosted by the Tony Hawk Foundation was held in Beverly Hills and featured the musical stylings of The Black Keys.
Vintage Norton Commando Advertisements
The 70’s were an iconic time to be an advertising man, political correctness was unheard of and all that was needed for a successful advertising campaign was a product with women on, in, under or around it. Or all of the above.
Moto Guzzi by BAR Design
Luca Bar is the head designer at BAR Design, he is well known for producing stunning and unique motorcycle designs, largely based on pre-existing models from various manufacturers. His work with the V7 Moto Guzzi is greatly appealing to me, it seems to blend just the right amount of retro with more than enough modern engineering to keep even hard core super bike fiends happy.