Ben Branch
January 8, 2021
These are the Opinari Rosso Acceso driving gloves, they’re made from sustainably sourced peccary leather which ensures that they’re able to last a lifetime rather than just a few years. Peccary leather is…
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Ben Branch
January 7, 2021
When the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ70, and the 70 series family, were introduced to the general public in 1984 Toyota executives must have been watching the reception the vehicles were getting very closely….
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Ben Branch
January 7, 2021
The Cosworth DFV is the most successful Formula 1 engine of all time, and probably the most successful top tier racing engines all time. Astonishingly, the Cosworth DFV powered 10 Formula One Constructors’…
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Ben Branch
January 6, 2021
Rare surviving Crocker V-twins are now the most valuable American motorcycles ever made, they sit shoulder to shoulder with the legendary machines from Brough Superior and Vincent as the most desirable collector motorcycles…
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Ben Branch
January 6, 2021
The Bell Moto-3 Blackout helmet is a new iteration of the much-loved Moto 3 design – a retro-styled motocross helmet that’s been built using modern materials and technology to ensure it passes modern…
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Ben Branch
January 5, 2021
Just three examples of the Ferrari 375 America were bodied as coupes by Turin’s legendary Carrozzeria Vignale in 1954, each of the cars was unique in its own way as they were built…
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Ben Branch
January 5, 2021
This is the Husqvarna Camping Axe, it has an axehead made from hand-forged Swedish steel that’ll last a lifetime (or more) with ease, and it has a natural hickory wood handle. Measuring in…
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Ben Branch
January 4, 2021
The Cizeta V16T is undoubtably one of the most unusual supercars ever made, it’s powered by a transversely mounted 6.0 litre V16, it was designed by Marcello Gandini, the development was done by…
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Ben Branch
January 4, 2021
This film from Brightside Media tells the story of the Suzuki GS750, a motorcycle of pivotal importance to the Japanese motorcycle industry as it proved once and for all they could build a…
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Ben Branch
January 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: For the first time in Silodrome’s 10 year history we’re publishing the Top Cars list for a year in early January of the following year. The reason for this is that last year we unfairly missed a car from the list because it went viral after we published the Top 10 in late December – so from now on we’ll do the Top Cars and Top Motorcycles lists in early January.
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Ben Branch
January 2, 2021
The De Tomaso Mangusta Shelby MkV prototype is a little known historical oddity, but it very nearly became the Ford-badged successor to the Ford GT40 that would have been sold in Ford dealers…
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Ben Branch
January 2, 2021
The Seiko 5 Sports offers one of the best value propositions in the world of big-name automatic mechanical wristwatches. The watch carries an MSRP of just $295 USD but it’s powered by the…
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