Over the course of his too-short life, Donald Campbell broke 8 world speed records on both land and water in the 1950s and 1960s – including the historic feat of setting both land and water speed records in the same year (1964).
This helmet was used by Campbell in 1963 and 1964 whilst he was at Lake Eyre in Australia working on setting a new land speed record. He gifted it to an Australian friend he made during the attempt and today it’s being offered with a collection of period memorabilia.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The new Roland Sands [email protected]#K Luck Riding Boot is described by the team at RSD as a motorcycle race boot in disguise. It’s designed to provide excellent protection without leaving you looking like you got lost on a trackday and somehow ended up downtown in your MotoGP-spec clip-clopper boots. Each boot has a 1.1mm to…
This is the new Go Left Tee from the team at 100MPH, an Australian motorcycle apparel company that’s been in business since 2012 turning out clothing inspired by the golden age of motorcycling. The front of this t-shirt is emblazoned with the age-old flat track adage “When Nothing Is Going Right. Go Left!”, good advice…
These are the new 2020 Biltwell Lane Splitter helmets, a popular helmet model from the American company that features classic retro styling with modern materials and safety – a winning combination that’s seen it become a common sight at motorcycle events from coast to coast. The Lane Splitter has an injection-molded ABS outer shell, this…
The Goldtop Predator motorcycle gloves are a new release from the storied British motorcycle gear maker, featuring 1.0mm premium drum-dyed Aniline cowhide leather construction, and floating Knox Microlock knuckle armor for additional safety. Each pair of Goldtop Predators has a 100% silk lined upper section for comfort, with a natural, unlined leather palm. The gloves…
This post was written by the team at Gasoline Motor Co. – One of Australia’s leading custom motorcycle garages first founded in Sydney back in the 1990s. They say every cloud has a silver lining. The silver lining of this story, comes in the form of a Triumph Rocket III Custom Bobber. After a terrible car…
The EcoFlow Portable 50W Solar Panel was designed to provide a miniature mobile power station for use when you’re off the grid and hundreds of miles from the nearest power outlet. It folds open to expose twin solar panels with a combined output of up to 50 Watts, it offers both two USB outputs at…
