Ben Branch
January 26, 2021
The first Indian Fours were fitted with an engine that had been design by a man who died years before, he was one of America’s great motorcycle engineering geniuses – a man who had developed…
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Ben Branch
January 6, 2021
The Bell Moto-3 Blackout helmet is a new iteration of the much-loved Moto 3 design – a retro-styled motocross helmet that’s been built using modern materials and technology to ensure it passes modern safety…
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Ben Branch
December 18, 2020
This car was Mickey Thompson’s personal daily driver back in the mid-1960s, it’s a rare Corvette Z06 “Tanker” – essentially a factory-built race car that could be ordered as an option package for an…
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2020
The original Ford Bronco is one of the most important and beloved American 4x4s of its era, in more recent years it’s become common to see restomodded examples of the Bronco – vehicles that…
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Ben Branch
December 11, 2020
The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and they were the first aircraft flown by many of America’s WWII…
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Ben Branch
December 10, 2020
The Ford Torino Twister Special is an exceedingly rare car, just 90 were ever built and only 29 are now accounted for in the Torino Twister Registry. The most famous Twister Special is the…
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Ben Branch
December 9, 2020
This highly unusual twin-engined Royal Enfield motorcycle was designed and built by Jimmy Enz of Lynwood, California in the late 1960s with one specific purpose in mind – to be the first man to…
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Ben Branch
December 8, 2020
Editor’s Note: We don’t typically feature choppers on Silodrome as it’s not really our wheelhouse, however we do make exceptions to this every now and then for special bikes. For a brief time the JRL…
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Ben Branch
December 7, 2020
The Simpson M50 helmet is a 21st century reissue of Simpson’s classic 1970s-style motorcycle helmets, but it’s now built to current DOT safety standards using modern materials and methods. Many motorcyclists who ride vintage…
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Ben Branch
December 6, 2020
Editor’s Note: Some of you may have noticed that this is the third “expedition across the Americas” type documentary that we’ve featured in recent weeks. This may be due to Covid-related cabin fever, however each of these…
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Ben Branch
December 4, 2020
The Chevrolet El Camino SS was the high performance version of the standard El Camino – a car that had been released in the 1959 model year to compete with the successful Ford Ranchero…
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Ben Branch
December 2, 2020
This is the new Snow Tiger scented candle by the team at Flying Tiger Motorcycles – it’s a scented candle that uses two-stroke snowmobile racing oil and a combination of other ingredients to give…
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