This photograph is from the film “The Girl on a Motorcycle”, a 1968 British-French film starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull. It’s well worth a watch and is one of those older films that really stays with you, read more about it here via IMDB.
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.
Iran isn’t a country we typically associate with custom motorcycles however if Ali Ahooei has his way, this is all going to change. Ali built this custom F.B. Mondial HPS 300 for celebrated Iranian…
The Honda Monkey Baja Africa is one of the rarest and most desirable iterations of the beloved Japanese minibike ever offered, although interestingly it was never actually built by the Honda factory. The Africa version…
The new Roue TPS chronograph was developed specifically to offer all the benefits of a modern wristwatch, with the styling cues of traditional racing chronographs from the ’60s and ’70s. The key to the runaway…
Chuck Yeager is a man who needs no introduction, he was a fighter pilot who flew P-51 Mustangs in the Second World War but it’s his career after the war that made him a household…
The BMW R75 and its sibling the Zündapp KS 750, were Germany’s equivalent to the American Jeep. Though it should be noted that the Kübelwagen could also be given that same title, and all three…
This is the Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea boot, each pair is handmade in Italy by a family that’s been making boots for six generations – since all the way back to the 1800s. The Bitflex Chelsea…
