Ben Branch
December 24, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 21, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 19, 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…
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Ben Branch
December 16, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 11, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 8, 2013
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…
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Ben Branch
December 8, 2013
The retro MX jersey collection over at Reign VMX is one of my favourite recent discoveries, the jersey you see pictured above is the classic Martini design worn by men like Roger DeCoster and Joel…
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Ben Branch
December 5, 2013
The Motus MST is a motorcycle that I’ve been meaning to feature here on Silodrome for quite some time, it’s an all-American sport touring bike with a stat-of-the-art V4 engine producing 160hp and it…
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Ben Branch
December 4, 2013
The humble Yamaha XS 400 is often overlooked by people who are lured by the larger XS650 and although I’m well aware of the attraction of additional power, I’ve always been a huge fan…
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Ben Branch
December 1, 2013
“Old Delhi Motorcycles” is a brand new film from the talented crew at Colorblind Production, it covers the stories of the rabidly loyal fans of the Royal Enfield marque in India and it’s fantastically…
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Ben Branch
November 30, 2013
Hesketh Motorcycles is a small British company that most of us had forgotten about, the company was first created by Formula 1 team owner and close friend of James Hunt – the 3rd Lord…
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