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The Sparco Air Pro RF-5W Martini Helmet

Ben Branch December 15, 2020
Sparco Martini Helmet
  • Gear
  • Helmets
  • Racing

The Sparco Air Pro RF-5W Martini helmet carries one of the most famous racing liveries in motorsports history, with its white background and blue/red…

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The Droog Moto DM-018 Mini Fighter

Ben Branch December 14, 2020
Droog Moto Mini Fighters 10
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

  The Droog Moto Mini Fighter is a new release from one of the custom motorcycle world’s most unusual garages. The concept for the…

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BCB International Ultimate Survival Kit

Ben Branch December 14, 2020
BCB International Ultimate Survival Kit
  • Adventure
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Survival

  The BCB International Ultimate Survival Kit was developed to be small enough to slip into your backpack, glovebox, or motorcycle pannier whilst still…

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Documentary – Driving La Carrera: Rally Brothers

Ben Branch December 13, 2020
Driving La Carrera Rally Brothers
  • Adventure
  • Classic Cars
  • Films
  • Racing

  Driving La Carrera: Rally Brothers is a film about two brothers, Chris and Jeff Mason, who set out to compete in the world…

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For Sale: A Rolls-Royce Merlin Meteor V12 Tank Engine – 27 Litres + 650 bhp

Ben Branch December 12, 2020
Rolls-Royce Merlin Meteor V12 Engine Hero
  • British
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale
  • Military

The Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 is one of the most famous engines of the 20th century and almost certainly the most famous of the Second…

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Project Plane: A WWII-Era Boeing Stearman Model 75 – $50,000 USD

Ben Branch December 11, 2020
Boeing Stearman Model 75 1
  • American
  • Planes
  • Project Vehicles

  The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and…

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Silodrome – The Year In Review – 2020

Ben Branch December 11, 2020
Silodrome Year Review 2020
  • Cars
  • Motorcycles

  We get a lot of emails every year from people who are curious what it’s like to run a website like Silodrome, and…

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1 of 90 Made: The Rare Ford Torino Twister Special

Ben Branch December 10, 2020
Ford-Torino-Twister-Special-V8
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Ford

  The Ford Torino Twister Special is an exceedingly rare car, just 90 were ever built and only 29 are now accounted for in…

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Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer – The First Naked Bike To Exceed 200 mph

Ben Branch December 9, 2020
Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

  This highly unusual twin-engined Royal Enfield motorcycle was designed and built by Jimmy Enz of Lynwood, California in the late 1960s with one…

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JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engined Production Motorcycle

Ben Branch December 8, 2020
JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engine Production Motorcycle 5
  • American
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

  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…

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The Iso Grifo A3C – Bizzarrini’s Post-Ferrari 250 GTO Masterpiece

Ben Branch December 7, 2020
Iso Grifo A3C Bizzarrini 18
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

  Giotto Bizzarrini famously developed the Iso Grifo A3C as an evolutionary descendent of a car he had designed a few short years prior…

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The Simpson M50 Helmet – Retro Looks, Modern Safety

Ben Branch December 7, 2020
Simpson M50 Helmet
  • American
  • Gear
  • Helmets

  The Simpson M50 helmet is a 21st century reissue of Simpson’s classic 1970s-style motorcycle helmets, but it’s now built to current DOT safety…

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