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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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….
3D Norton Manx M30 by Niels Schoen
Now I’m not entirely sure how far we’ve come with technology regarding 3D printers, I’m hoping that we aren’t too far away from the…
Limited Edition “On Any Sunday” Helmet by Troy Lee Designs
The 1971 documentary film On Any Sunday is compulsory viewing for any motorcycle enthusiast. In fact if you haven’t seen it I’m going to…
On Any Sunday – Now Available On iTunes
On Any Sunday will be celebrating it’s 40th anniversary on the 28th of July this year, it’s an amazing tribute that even all these…
Nandi by Rajputana Customs
You may never have heard of Rajputana Customs but I’m guessing you’ll be hearing a lot more about them over the coming years. Based in…