Articles that Ben 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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Hunt by Vitesse Boots
Proper motorcycle attire can sometimes be hard to come by. At some point, I think in the 80s, motorcycle gear manufacturers decided that all…
Onboard With Juan Manuel Fangio – 1957 Modena, Italy
This captivating onboard video is from a time when helmets were an afterthought, tires were the width of your necktie and Schumachers made shoes….
The WS Sport Classic by Walt Siegl
From a pure engineering standpoint, Walt Siegl is one of the top bike builders in the world today. Anyone who would argue against that…
Burt Munro at Home
This photograph was taken in Burt Munro’s garage in 1970, in his hometown of Invercargill, New Zealand. Burt’s under 1000cc world record, which he…
Smoothness by Arlen Ness
If Ettore Bugatti had been diverted away from car design and into motorcycles this is almost certainly what he would have built. This remarkable…
The Dragster Jacket by Alpinestars
Leather jackets are an essential element to every man’s wardrobe, most people know that it’s important to avoid the sort of leather jacket that…
Tiger’s Milk II by Deus Bali
Deus Bali is fast becoming one of my favourite custom garages, they specialise in smaller capacity bikes like this 200cc Honda Tiger. The team…
Lady on a BMW Motorcycle
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, this is certainly the case with this vintage photo. We don’t know where this picture originates…
Rat Rod Truck – High Gear Hauler
Rat Rods are an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, regular chromed out show-pony hot rods don’t do it for me but with Rat Rods…
BMW R100/7 Street Tracker by Blitz Motorcycles
Blitz Motorcycles is an up and coming garage based in France, made up of 3 talented bike builders named Fred (mechanics/electrics), Hugo (mechanics/artistic direction)…
Craig Breedlove’s World Record Bonneville Run in 1963
In this wonderfully retro 1963 film Craig Breedlove breaks the land speed record at the Bonneville salt flats, driving a jet car named Spirit…
Hookie #2 by The Hookie
Some people hate Harleys and some eat, sleep and dream them. I consider this a Harley that’s easy to love and tough to hate….