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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Lady Mud Racer
There’s something fantastic about seeing a woman carving her way through mud deep enough to swallow most men whole. The fact that she’s doing it on what appears to be a vintage 2-stroke only makes it all the better.
Strada Bicycles
Strada Bicycles is a small company that builds unique bikes, using a very well designed online configurator customers can design a simple “around town” bicycle in less than 2 minutes, the order it to be delivered to them.
Ford Transit Jump – Circa 1985
In 1985 stuntman Steve Matthews jumped a Ford Transit over 15 cars for charity, his prep work on the van before the jump involved nothing more than removing the glass and duct-taping the hood closed.
Peregrine TT Jacket
The Peregrine TT Jacket has clear British design influence, mostly from the pre-WW2 era and resembles the jackets offered by companies like Belstaff.
Deus Ex Machina by Fuel TV
Deus Ex Machina has a Bali base of operations that is a valhalla for people who’s perfect life Venn diagram consists of sun, motorcycles and the sea.
Honda RC166 Gp Racer – 1/12 Model
The fire-breathing 6 cylinder Honda RC166 GP Racer was a revelation in it’s day, hell it’d probably still wipe floor with most modes bikes if it was ridden properly.
Stylemartin R Retro Motorcycle Boot
Stylemartin produce some of the best looking retro motorcycle boots money can buy, they seem to have found a niche where they build boots with modern safety elements inside a vintage design, largely aimed at people who ride classic motorcycles.
Ducati 450 Desmo Corsa
This 1970 Ducati 450 Desmo ‘Corsa’ is one of the phenomenal vintage motorcycles being offered up from the private collection of former Ducati factory test-rider and…
Boeing Flying Fortress Cutaway
The B-17 Boeing Flying Fortress was notorious amongst the German Luftwaffe during the second world war, it’s ability to withstand staggering levels of damage and stay airborne still circulate over 70 years later.
Blauer Pilot Orange
Blauer isn’t a helmet brand you encounter all that often outside of Europe, they make great lids though and tend towards the use of more advanced materials in their construction.
Ducati Meccanica
This is an old photograph of an old roadside Ducati pitstop, I’m not sure what the race in question was but I do like the fact that he seems to have almost an entire spare bike sitting in his wooden cases.
Anvil Tee by Iron & Resin
Iron & Resin is a Southern California based clothing label with an emphasis on comfortable gear that you’ll wear daily.