Yamaha GTS 1000
This is the fourth piece in a series on Silodrome written by the talented Jason Cormier, Jason is a writer, an avid motorcyclist, a Ducati die-hard, and a shadetree mechanic based in Montreal. He’s…
Motorcycles
1986 Honda VF1000R
The Honda VF1000R is considered by many to be the best of the now classic VF1000 model line produced by Honda between 1984 and 1988, the VF1000R was the first of the VF line…
Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina
This Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina is the Australian company’s interpretation of what the XJR1300 could have been, in an alternate universe directed by Ridley Scott. Yamaha actually approached Deus and proposed…
The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles and their Builders
The Ride is a new book by Chris Hunter from Bike EXIF, it’s a fantastic collection of custom motorcycles from around the world that Chris compiled in 2013. If you’re a regular here on…
1973 Husqvarna 250 MX
This 1973 Husqvarna 250 MX is a fantastic example of an early-70s blue-smoker by Husqvarna, bikes like this from the Swedish company dominated the dust and mud throughout the ’60s and ’70s, they won 14…
Steve McQueen’s Indian Big Chief (restored by Von Dutch)
On Christmas Eve each year we try to feature something genuinely remarkable, for those of you who’ve come to Silodrome to escape a Christmas of excessive eating, certifiably insane relatives and screaming children. We…
Ducati TT1
The Ducati TT1 and it’s street-legal progeny, the Ducati 750 F1, have now gone on to become some of the most desirable and collectible models from Ducati’s back catalogue – largely due to their…
Top 13 Motorcycles of 2013
2013 has been a fantastic year for Silodrome, the site now has almost a million monthly readers and somewhere in the region of 100,000 social media followers. Our stories have been featured right across…
Dale Singleton’s Yamaha TZ750
The Yamaha TZ750 is a motorcycle that anyone who watched motorcycle racing during the 1970s will remember well, the machine was an absolute monster and quickly gained a reputation for whitening the face of…
Yamaha XS650 by ICON 1000
The Yamaha XS650 is right up there with the Honda CB750 as one of the most desirable and iconic motorcycle engines to come out of Japan in the late-60s. Both bikes saw production runs…
Bucephalus by Loaded Gun Customs
Bucephalus is one of the more unusual custom motorcycles we’ve had the good fortune to feature here on Silodrome, the bike is staggeringly complex but it can be summed up relatively simply: it’s a…
The Glory Days of British Motorbikes – Full Film
The Glory Days of British Motorbikes is a fantastic, hour long documentary about the golden age of British motorcycles, mods, rockers and cafe racers. The film is part of the BBC Timeshift Series, all…