So, why was riding a Harley Davidson…and how you can get a ride too!

To be honest, I’m not a massive fan of motorbikes! Yeah, they’re cool and go fast, but I’ve never had a real desire to get one or ride one…plus, of course, I have the comment my mum made when I was about 17 rattling around my head, ‘get a motorbike, ride a motorbike and I will dis-own you, they’re dangerous’!

Despite that warning, I decided to give it a go…and just not tell mum!! The way I saw it, I was in good hands thanks to the Bridgewater chapter of the Harley Davidson Club(theres like a million members worldwide) and it was going to be LOTS of fun! 

The Harley Davidson beasts arrive with a ROAR

The ROAR of the Harleys turned up around 930am. When I say ROAR, I mean a serious ROAR of engines and pure power. They were at street level, I was a few floors up, lots of other traffic nose around, but you could still hear that power cut through everything else. 

First thing I did when I saw the Harley was to jump on! Man, it felt good. I never thought I’d call a bike beautiful, but it really was, with all that chrome polished, leather buffed up, such a beast of a machine. Id sat on a scooter before, and figured it’d be similar, nothing special, just a bike, two wheels etc etc . but WOW, you can feel the awesomeness of a Harley Davidson just by sitting on one. I’m starting to sound like a real bike enthusiast or lover, I’m really not! But totally see why people fall in love with this bikes and make a big thing of it.

Not gonna lie, it felt gooood just sitting on a Harley.

Long story short, the ride on the bike was out of this world! Cruising through the streets of London on this Harley Davidson was just brilliant. Okay, so London traffic isn’t the best for cruising  on a Harley, the open road of America would’ve probably been way more fun, could’ve really opened the throttle and let rip, I don’t think we went above 20mph, but none the less, it was superb. You can feel the power of the beast right through your body as your cruise a long, and that ROAR of the engine never gets boring.

I was on the back of the Harley to help promote Movember and its sponsorship by 3(the mobile network). If you tweet support for Movember or sign up online today(Wednesday 30th Oct) then you could get a free lift on one of a fleet of internet-enabled motorcycles such as the Harley Davidson I was on today.

The ‘LiMo Bikes’ are visiting London, Manchester and Birmingham during the week. Today(Wednesday) they’re going to be at the 3 store on Oxford Street in London. So, if you’re in town, pop along for a ride! You’ll LOVE it!

Todays journey to work, on the tube, is going to be SO boring compared to yesterday! 

I could so see myself with a Harley Davidson...just for posing, haha

BIG thanks to Moggy, Fred and Steve for the experience. 

Fred, Steve and Moggy - thank you! 

Have a fun one, catch you tonight from 7 for Ring Roberto on Heart.

Roberto

http://www.robertoradioandtv.com

Mobile Phone Bingo, £500 for 3 numbers, fancy it?

Yes, its back, what I reckon is the easiest game in radio! Every night this week on the show, Ive got £500 cash for you to win with Mobile Phone Bingo thanks to the guys from Heartbingo.co.uk.

Show me the money!

Before I get into how EASY this game is and how simple it is to win, let me ask, what would you do with the cash? For me, £500 right now would help pay of a credit card bill(arrived in the post this morning, I was hoping they'd forgotten to send it this month), my mums birthday is on the way - love to get her something nice and spoil her rotten, and, of course, christmas is coming(I'm actually super excited by this!!) 

So, I hear you asking, how do I win the £500 with Mobile Phone Bingo? It is really simple,  here it comes in 3 easy steps:

1) check out my show, Ring Roberto, on Heart tonight from 7 - and every night this week.

2) Some stage during the show, I'll read out three random numbers

3) if the three numbers I read out appear anywhere in your mobile phone number, in any order then text Bingo plus your name to 82122 and you could win.

Simple or what? Theres no hard question to answer, nothing complicated to do, just listen and text. If the computer picks you, then I'll even call you back and give you the good news that you've won the £500.

Things NOT to do:

1) Don't randomly text Bingo to 82122 - its a waste of your money! The winner gets selected from the texts I get in from the second I give out the three numbers to the second the lines close. The winner is also selected from those texts that have the three numbers.

2) Don't post your mobile phone number ANYWHERE! When we first did this game, some people(crazy fools) were posting there phone number on Facebook and twitter in the hope that it would some how help, it doesn't and is a very silly thing to do.

Things TO do:

1) Listen to the show ;-)

2) If the three numbers aren't in your phone number, they might be in your partners, brothers, sisters, mums, dads…anyone you know! If you get them to text in, they might split the money with you, everyones a winner!

3) If you get a call from me telling you you're the winner, sound happy! You wouldn't believe the amount of people Ive rung who have sounded like there dogs just died when Ive told them they've won £500 pound! I'm often tempted to pick another winner when that happens,  if you're not gonna be happy you don't deserve it, but thats not allowed and everything is done by the book here. BTW you can check out the terms and conditions for the comp at http://www.heart.co.uk

Know you now what its all about and how to win, all thats left is to say……GOOD LUCK!! Got my fingers crossed for you. 

Catch you tonight from 7 on Heart

Roberto

http://www.robertoradioandtv.com

September, where did it go?!

September was a silly busy month, for both work and play, lots of fun though!

The big thing was my skydive, A-MAZ-ING!! Didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did, but I am now thinking about doing a solo jump - yes, where you don't have someone strapped to your back pulling the chord, you have to remember to pull the chord yourself!!!

Roberto Heart FM Skydive for the British Heart Foundation

If you've never done a sky dive, its simply and unbelievable feeling. It is a little scary at first, especially when you're dangling over the edge of an airplane thats flying at 10,000ft and all you can see below you is white fluffy clouds and a little bit of ground, miles away!

When doing a tandem jump, you have no control over when you leave the plane, the guy strapped to your back does all of that. So if you're nervous or anything, you don't get a choice in when you're ready, you just GO! I wasn't nervous, the adrenaline was pumping, and when I looked over the edge of the plane I just wanted to do it. 

Roberto seconds away from jumping out of the plane

As you launch of the plane, you go into free fall - there is nothing stopping you from falling, its just the ground hurtling towards you…..and that was the BEST bit, if you ask me. Just that feeling of freedom was amazing, the wind rushing past your face, the view, not that you got to take much of it in because you're going so fast - I think my instructor said we'd be travelling at upto 100mph in free fall! 

Roberto in free fall

Whilst in free fall, we went through a cloud, which I found really weird. I wasn't sure quite what to expect, but as we got closer to the cloud it started to get cold - bearing in mind we were above the cloud and there was blue sky and sunshine everywhere, it was hot, but the closer we got to the cloud, the colder it got. Then you start going through the cloud, its like being in really, REALLY thick fog and freezing! It seemed to go on for ages, and you just can't see a thing whilst going through it, so a little bit un-nerving.

When we came out of the cloud, the instructor pulled the parachute, thats the point the pain kicks in, especially if you're a boy and you haven't got the straps in the right places - if you get my drift!! As the parachute is opened you got from about 100mph to 10 mph in a matter of seconds - its a crazy feeling….and the point that I felt a little sick.

Once the chute was opened though, its so tranquil as you head towards the ground. I did my jump in Oxfordshire, and as you head to the ground I had the most beautiful views of the countryside, you could see for miles and miles.

Eventually, you're on the ground, the first thing I wanted to do, was go up again!! I did my jump to support the British Heart Foundation. I did lots of stuff for them in September, actually, my fav charity. I voiced lots of adverts for their Great British Bag-a-thon, just heard that we SMASHED last years target, so thank you for all your help. Went around helping launch the bag-a-thon too, and did some filming for them.

Work wise, loving all your calls on Ring Roberto, come get involved Sun - Thur, 7pm - 10pm. Although this week, 7th - 11th Oct, I'm covering Drive on Londons Heart whilst JK and Lucy are away.

The weight loss app is coming along really nicely, hoping to launch in the next month, will keep you posted. Find out more about the weight loss here.

If you've got any questions about getting into radio or anything, drop me a line here. Always happy to help.

Speak soon

Roberto

www.robertoradioandtv.com