The Mighty American Doodle Bug Scooter
The Doodle Bug was an American scooter that was built in the late 1940s and largely targeted at teens and those too young for a motorcycle. That said, the Doodle Bug could be…
Motorcycles
The Norton Challenge P86 – The Bike That Could Have Saved The British Motorcycle Industry
The Norton Challenge P86 was a machine developed by two of Britain’s most famous motoring companies to save the British motorcycle industry and revive Norton to their former Isle of Man TT dominating form.
The Indian eFTR Jr. – An Electric Mini-Replica Of The FTR750 Race Bike – $749.99 USD
The Indian eFTR Jr. is an electric mini-bike designed to evoke the styling cues of the American Flat Track championship-winning Indian FTR750 – one of the most successful flat track racing motorcycles of…
A Custom BMW R80 Scrambler From Monnom Customs
This post was written by Mike Gustafson at Monnom Customs. When possible we like to bring you the story of a custom motorcycle in the words of the people who built it, to…
1942 Indian Big Base Scout Racer – Painted By Von Dutch + Raced By Ed Kretz
This is a rare 1942 Indian Big Base Scout racer, it’s thought that just seven of these were built for this model year and all of them were technically illegal. The skunk works…
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert Pirsig’s Workshop Artifacts For Sale
This expansive collection of artifacts all belonged to Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has become a must-read for many motorcyclists around the world. The…
The Droog Moto DM-018 Mini Fighter
The Droog Moto Mini Fighter is a new release from one of the custom motorcycle world’s most unusual garages. The concept for the new design was simple – they wanted to create a…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…