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BAC TSR-2: The Untold Story – Full Documentary

Ben Branch January 11, 2015
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Planes

TSR-2: The Untold Story is a fascinating documentary about an aircraft that almost no one outside the world of aviation-history-geekage has heard of. It would have…

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Avro Lancaster Cutaway Wallpaper

Ben Branch January 4, 2015
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Planes
  • Vintage

The Avro Lancaster is a heavy bomber developed by the British during the Second World War and built in very large numbers – 7,377…

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Top 14 Motorcycles of 2014

Ben Branch December 30, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

Each year we put together a list of the most popular motorcycles to appear on Silodrome, we use raw traffic data to compile this…

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Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am

Ben Branch December 25, 2014
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Ford
  • Racing

The 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Ams built by Bud Moore occupy a special place in the hearts of the Mustang-faithful – it…

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Norton Challenge P86

Ben Branch December 24, 2014
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Racing

The Norton Challenge P86 was the superbike that could’ve, would’ve and should’ve saved the British motorcycle industry from the Japanese invasion that took place…

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Ryan Reynolds’ Honda CB750 by Raccia Motorcycles

Ben Branch December 18, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Engineering
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

When Mike LaFountain of Raccia Motorcycles sent us the images of the Honda CB750 you see here and told me he’d just finished building it…

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Ferrari 288 GTO

Ben Branch December 16, 2014
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Rare

The Ferrari 288 GTO (or more correctly the Ferrari GTO) was the first prancing horse to wear the legendary “GTO” badge since its predecessor…

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The Bienville Legacy

Ben Branch December 15, 2014
  • American
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

– This article is a conversational interview of motorcycle and car designer JT Nesbitt by Jason Cormier – “So tell me what you think,…

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Turbo: Made To Measure

Ben Branch December 14, 2014
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Turbo: Made To Measure is a film covering the development of the turbocharged Ford TEC V6 engine that was used in the mid-80s Haas…

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Porsche 959

Ben Branch December 13, 2014
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • German
  • Luxury
  • Porsche
  • Racing

The Porsche 959 is the car remembered for integrating the still relatively new world of technology into the automotive drivetrain – making it an…

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The New Brough Superior SS100

Ben Branch December 11, 2014
  • Brough Superior
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The original Brough Superior SS100 is a motorcycle that needs no introduction to anyone well versed with British history, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)…

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Motorcycle Owner’s Manual

Ben Branch December 11, 2014
  • American
  • Books
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The Motorcycle Owner’s Manual is exactly the kind of book I like to buy when the mercury drops and regular riding becomes almost impossible,…

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