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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Vintage Motorcycle Tires
I quite often get emails from readers asking me where certain motorcycle builders get their vintage motorcycle tires (well, retro motorcycle tires is probably a more accurate description), so I decided to create a post dedicated to the older style tires.
Draxtar P-104 Helmet
This open face helmet by Draxtar seems to be aimed at the pilot/motorcyclist who doesn’t like to change helmets all that often. Far from…
Snarling Beast
This brilliant poster seems almost like a Hunter S. Thompson dreamscape, I don’t have the backstory on it but thought it was too good not to share.
Yamaha XS650 by La Corona Motorcycles
This beautifully proportioned Yamaha XS650 is exactly the sort of thing I’d like parked in my garage. Built by La Corona Motorcycles, the Spanish custom motorcycle builder..
eBay Find: Honda CX500 by Doc’s Chops
The Honda CX500 is one of the more innovative Japanese motorcycles of the late-70s, the bikes were liquid cooled, electric started, shaft-driven, modular wheeled, V-Twins with a reputation for being low maintenance daily riders.
Yamaha DT250 by The Gravel Crew
The Gravel Crew always turn out refreshingly unique customs and this bike is a great example of their work, it started life as a…
1967 Monaco F1 GP
This footage is from the 1967 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, and shows the fatal accident of Lorenzo Bandini, the Ferrari driver clipped a chicane and was sent upside down into the hay bales with
Building The Riviera Ducati SS With Walt Siegl
We’ve been in touch with Walt and he agreed to give us an exclusive look inside his workshop, so we can all see the process of taking a Ducati 900SS and turning into what you see above and below.
Classified Moto: A lamp in the next life.
Bikes aren’t the only thing Classified Moto does though, the above video was filmed by Mondial and shows John and his wife building one of the iconic Classified Moto lamps from start to finish.
1964 Ferrari 158
The Ferrari 158 was the car that powered John Surtees to his 1964 Formula 1 World Championship. The car used both the V12 and V8 engine…
1958 NASCAR Daytona Beach Convertible Race
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eIuUq-GZok In 1958 the first Daytona Beach Convertible race was held, this 25 minute film (split into 3 segments) covers the whole event from…
CB 350 by LBC Moto
The Honda CB350 is a popular bike for custom builders, this particular example is a 1969 model picked up by Shannon Hulcher over at LBC Moto.