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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Dean Chocolate Wax Flask Set
We love this traditional flask by Ernest Alexander, it has a 12oz volume and comes with a waxed canvas cover to keep condensation from damaging your jacket pocket.
1913 Triumph
I love the front suspension on these early 20th century motorcycles, there was no real standardisation yet and so a wide variety of solutions were tried. Must have been an exciting time to be a young man with money in your pocket.
1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder
The 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder is considered by many racing historians to be the most powerful race car to have every turned a wheel on asphalt.
Ohio State Vintage Tee
We love this vintage homage tee from the official Ohio State University…
Guitars and Motorcycles
Guitars and motorcycles have been winning women over since forever.
2SRD by Analog Motorcycles
The 2SRD is a unique take on the classic Yamaha RD350 although with the amount of work and the sheer number of major changes,…
Porsche 550 Spyder Cutaway
The level of spatial awareness needed to hand draw a cutaway like this, a work by Shin Yoshikawa, blows my mind.
Devon Tread 1
The Devon Tread 1 is a relatively new watch design by Devon Works, a California based watchmaker with a penchant for unique timepieces. The mechanism tells the time using a series of belts operating on multiple levels, it’s remarkably complex system that’s more than a little mesmerising.
Kawsaki KZ1000 Cafe Racer
One of my favourite things is to discover men like Albert “The Chief” Hurt, he’s a retired Coast Guard officer who lives in Spokane and…
Cut Brooklyn
Joel Bukiewicz is a man who, in some respects, fell into the knife making trade and in doing so, found a dormant talent that now has him creating some of the most highly prized kitchen knives in the US.
Honda CB400T Café Racer
Steel Bent Customs based out of Tampa, Florida, build some of the most approachable and affordable café racers you’ll find anywhere in the USA. This is their latest creation, it started life as a stock Honda CB400T however she now has the rear end of a CB650 and the front end of a CB550…
The Triumph Kid
I don’t know about you but I used to worship motorcycles when I was a kid. I guess not much has changed really.