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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Pinguino 145 Kayak
John Lockwood founded Pygmy Boats in 1986 after having spent years designing 50,000 tonne container ships, his dream was always to design and build the most beautiful kayaks in the world and after looking through his catalogue, I think he’s done it.
Ducati MHe 900e
The Ducati MHe 900e is a modern classic, originally released as a concept bike back in 2000 the design won so much public adoration that Ducati decided to do a limited number production run on the model.
Vought F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair was originally built in 1940 and went on to see the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history. During WWII, the Japanese Zero pilots considered the Corsair to be formidable, with many fearing it far more than the P-51 Mustang.
Egg Salad by Super Rat Motorcycles
This bike, named “Egg Salad” for reasons that escape me, is powered by a 500cc Rotax engine, it has a Knight Flat Track Frame, it doesn’t have a kick or centre stand in order to keep weight down and it doesn’t have an electric or kick starter for the same reason.
Roland Sands Mission Motorcycle Jacket
This retro motorcycle jacket, dubbed “The Mission Jacket” is made from 1.1mm full grain cowhide, has pre-curved sleeves, perforated leather interior trims, a zip + stud front closing mechanism and enough style to feature in it’s own Tarantino film.
1098 Racer by Radical Ducati
Radical Ducati produces some of the most iconic high-performance custom motorcycles in the world, many bike builders around the world make great looking bikes, Rad Ducati makes great looking bikes that fly.
Skull Tie Bar by Ralph Lauren
It isn’t often that I find myself in a tie or any form of clothing that has cuffs requiring links, that said, I’d be a damn sight more likely to get dressed up if I had this set of cuff links and tie bar handy.
Tire of Trust Tee by The Hookie
The Hookie is a Dresden based custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly chap by the name of Nico, we featured his Harley custom dubbed The Hookie #2 early last year and since then he’s been hard at work designing a unique line of clothing.
1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 ‘Daytona’
The 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 ‘Daytona’ was created to race in highly competitive endurance events, the 2.2 litre Porsche 907 had been dominating these races and so Alfa Romeo decided to race a 2.0 litre model in the class just below the 907.
T-Skull Tee by Fuel Motorcycles
Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles is a Barcelona based garage dedicated to building that new, 21st century breed of custom motorcycle. We featured their beautiful BMW R 100 Scram last year and since then, the team at Fuel have turned some of their artistic inclination towards clothing, specifically, tees.
From Nose To Tail…It’s Plexiglas
The plastics revolution in the 20th century will probably be looked back on by historians as a good thing over all, though plastic products are difficult to dispose of they did allow us to build a lot of very cool new things.
Rollie Free – 1950 Crash
In 1950, 2 years after his more-famous-than-Jesus swim-suit speed run at Bonneville, Rollie Free returned to the salt to reclaim his title. This time he arrived with a fully enclosed Vincent Black Lightning, a first attempt at streamlining by Rollie and on day 2 he made his first full-speed run.