Silodrome – The Year In Review – 2020
We get a lot of emails every year from people who are curious what it’s like to run a website like Silodrome, and to find out more about what goes into it behind the…
Motorcycles
Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer – The First Naked Bike To Exceed 200 mph
This highly unusual twin-engined Royal Enfield motorcycle was designed and built by Jimmy Enz of Lynwood, California in the late 1960s with one specific purpose in mind – to be the first man to…
JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engined Production Motorcycle
Editor’s Note: We don’t typically feature choppers on Silodrome as it’s not really our wheelhouse, however we do make exceptions to this every now and then for special bikes. For a brief time the JRL…
The Rare Norton Classic – A Wankel Rotary-Engined British Motorcycle
The Norton Classic is one of the rarest motorcycles ever made by the storied British marque, just 100 were built and today they’re considered highly collectible both for their rarity, and for the fact…
The 1:12 Scale Suzuki GSX750S Katana Kit by Tamiya
This is the Suzuki GSX750S Katana 1:12 scale kit from Tamiya, it faithfully replicates one of the most important Suzuki motorcycles of all time – right down to the flip-up headlight. When the Katana…
The Original Hesketh Vortan Prototype Is For Sale
The Hesketh Vortan is a one-off prototype motorcycle developed by Hesketh engineer Mick Broom, it was intended to be built as a low volume production motorcycle – with plans to build just 14 of them….
One Of The Rarest Original Monkey Bikes: The Honda Z50R Christmas Special
The Honda Z50R Christmas Special is one of the most desirable of the famous little Honda monkey bikes ever made. It was produced in very limited numbers, just two were sent to each dealer,…
For Sale: Tamara Raye Wilson’s Custom Yamaha XS650 Flat Tracker – $6,200 USD
This post was written by Tamara Raye Wilson. When possible we like to bring you the story of a custom motorcycle in the words of the people who built it, to cut out the…
For Sale: Barry Sheene’s 1977 AGV X3000 Prototype Helmet
This is believed to be Barry Sheene’s 1977 AGV X3000 prototype helmet, it’s carrying plenty of patina from its life on track and it’s carrying Sheene’s famous hand-painted “Donald Duck” emblem and the signature…
Barn Find: 8 Historic Motorcycles Found In Northern Irish Racing Legend Joe Ryan’s Barn
These eight historic motorcycles all belonged to racing legend Joe Ryan, a Northern Irish specialist motorcycle tuner who famously worked on road racing Nortons – the Nortons he tuned would frequently outperform the racing bikes…
The Legendary Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle Toy Is Back In Production – $39.95 USD
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was one of the most lusted after toys of the 1970s, it features a motorcycle with Evel Knievel aboard as well as a launching ramp, and the toy has…
The Yamaha PW50 Apparel Collection by We Went Fast
This is the new three piece apparel collection by the team at We Went Fast, it celebrates the mighty little Yamaha PW50 on its 40th anniversary. The PW50 is a motorcycle that needs no…