Bill Milliken is an astonishingly talented engineer, by the age of 19 he had already designed, built, flown and crashed his own aircraft, his fascination for machinery continued right through to the current day – he’s still alive and kicking at the age of 100.
Though not inline with our usual features we talked about this film a great deal and decided that anyone who appreciates the intricate engineering and sense of history that goes into vintage motorcycles and automobiles will be touched by this wonderful short film by Tom Wrigglesworth and Mathieu Cuvelier.
Silodrome will be updating every single day without fail over the Christmas/New Years period so if you find yourself suffering through inane babble at yet another Christmas party, come hang out with us on the inter tubes. We’re always happy to see you and all we ever want to talk about is oily motorcycles, noisy automobiles and dapper duds.
Raven MotoCycles is a boutique custom motorcycle garage run by Jeff Gundlach, the overall design employed by Raven clearly harks back to the glory days of the Brough Superior and early Sunbeam models with perhaps a little boardtracker styling thrown in for good measure.
Jackie Stewart is one of the most famous and successful Formula 1 drivers to ever grace a circuit with his presence. He led the call in the 60’s and 70’s to make F1 a safer sport and had a number of near fatal accidents himself along the way.
Maurice de Mauriac has been receiving a lot of positive press recently, the company was founded by Daniel Dreifuss, a well-known and respected watchmaker.
Sometimes a motorcycle comes along that I’d quite happily hold the Pope hostage in order to buy. For me, this 1972 Ducati 750 SS 200 Miglia Imola Corsa ‘Replica’ is one such bike.
Belstaff make some of the best and most timeless gear money can buy, this 2012 version of the tried and tested Trial Master Jacket is one of those absolutely essential wardrobe items for people like me, who often get stuck outdoors on a motorcycle when it decides to start raining.
This great action shot features Donald Healey at the helm of an Austin Healey 3000 MKII on the salt flats of Bonneville in 1953.
Bandit 9 is a relatively new custom motorcycle workshop in Beijing headed up by Daryl Villanueva, it currently has 2 CJ750 builds on the showroom floor and both of them are phenomenal looking bikes.
The convergence of fine art and good engineering is almost commonplace in the world of international racing, this great series of cutaway illustrations show this convergence rather well. It’s fascinating to see totally the different approaches to super bike design employed by engineers from around the world, all with one common aim.
Modern Motor Cycle Company is run by the talented mechanic and industrial designer Christian Condo, he started MMCC as a workshop he could use to create custom motorcycles as well as handmade motorcycle parts and moto related art.
