On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
On Any Sunday is a film that needs no introduction, however if you’re unfamiliar with it a brief blurb would look like this: Released in 1971 the documentary On Any Sunday was directed by…
Motorcycles
Yamaha SR500 by ExesoR Motorcycles
Christian from ExesoR Motorcycles is one of those quietly talented custom bike builders who spends months at a time hammering a way in a shed, before rolling out a motorcycle so beautiful it stops…
Harley-Davidson Ironhead Chopper
I don’t tend to feature choppers on Silodrome very often, there are a few reasons for this but generally speaking I try to avoid motorcycles that are built with a focus on form before…
BMW Scrambler by Officine Rossopuro
I’m not sure if I’m stuck in some kind of Baader-Meinhof loop, but I seem to be constantly discovering new BMW scramblers, and I could swear they’re constantly getting better. In fact the one…
Building Bucephalus: An Interview With Loaded Gun Customs
Bucephalus is a motorcycle that lit up the web when it was introduced earlier this year, it was at once both familiar and entirely new – with a unique frame unlike anything we’ve seen surrounding…
A Custom Kawasaki W650 by Motovida
The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle that quickly earned itself a place amongst the modern breed of retro motorcycles with 21st-century engineering – a genre that has consistently out-performed manufacturer’s expectations since it…
Yamaha XJR 1300 by Keino Cycles
The Yamaha XJR 1300 is what I like to imagine the Kraken would ride, if it rose from the ocean and decided that its campaign of terror would be a lot more fun if…
Stories of Bike – Two Cities: Part 2
As many regular readers of Silodrome will know, I have a bit of a soft spot for the Stories of Bike series by Cam Elkins. This film is the second part in the Two Cities…
BMW R100RS Flat Tracker
The BMW R100RS is a motorcycle that was never really intended to be anything other than a grand tourer, the bike was fitted with a Hans Muth designed, wind-tunnel developed fairing that allowed it…
Penton: The John Penton Story
Penton: The John Penton Story is an upcoming film due to be screened at the NYC Motorcycle Film Festival (September 24th to the 27th in Brooklyn), the story of John Penton is a remarkable one but up…
BMW Monolever Cafe Racer by Barn Luck
Barn Luck is a relatively new custom motorcycle garage that specialises in finding old motorcycles in sheds, garages, barns and sheds – then rebuilding them into higher-performing motorcycles than they were when they originally…
BMW Monolever by Flat Racer
Flat Racer is a boutique London-based company that produces some eye-catching accessories for vintage BMW motorcycles, the bike you see above started life as a stock 1990 BMW Monolever before being kitted out in…