For Sale: An Original WWII Enigma Machine
This is a rare Heimsoeth und Rinke 3-rotor Enigma machine from 1938, just a year before the start of WWII. The Enigma is an encryption device…
Engineering
The Ardun V8: Hot Rod Engine Royalty
This is an original Ardun V8 engine, or perhaps more correctly this is a modified Ford Flathead V8 engine with Ardun heads and a…
For Sale: An Original Concorde Air Speed Indicator
It’s not every day that an original Concorde air speed indicator pops up for sale. Aircraft parts and other Concorde memorabilia have always been…
The Bimota SB3: The Fastest Production Motorcycle In The World In 1979
The Bimota SB3 held the top speed record (at the time of its release) for production motorcycles, clocking 149 mph at the Nardò Ring in…
A Rare “Virtual Steering Monkey” From Japan
There can be little doubt that this is one of the strangest vehicles we’ve ever featured on Silodrome. It’s so strange in fact that…
This Might Be The Fastest Radial-Engined Motorcycle In The World
In March 2022, a small group of enthusiasts from Adelaide, Australia, will attempt to set a new land speed record on Lake Gairdner in South Australia, becoming the world’s fastest radial-engined motorcycle.
For Sale: A Vincent Rapide V-Twin Engine
The V-twin engine designed for the Vincent Rapide and later used in modified form for the Vincent Black Shadow and Black Lightning is unquestionably…
“P89” – The Mysterious Norton Cosworth Experimental Prototype
The motorcycle you see here is a prototype that was never meant to be seen outside the Norton Villiers Triumph engineering department, however unlike…
The Smithsonian Motor-Works Moving Engine Model – $31 USD
This is the Smithsonian Motor-Works kit to build a moving model of a four-stroke, four-cylinder engine. It’s designed as an educational tool that people…
A $5,000 Coffee Table Made From A Cosworth DFX INDY Racing Engine
This is a Cosworth DFX INDY racing engine that’s been converted into a glass-topped coffee table, and it now has the eye-watering sticker price…
Film: The Spark Plug Story
This short film offers an excellent 15 minute history lesson into one of the internal combustion engine’s simplest but most important parts: the humble…
The One – A New Electric Motorcycle By Curtiss Motorcycles
This design brief was written by JT Nesbitt of Curtiss Motorcycles, the lead engineer behind the Curtiss One motorcycle shown here. When possible we…