1997 Harley Davidson Dyna - Coincidence Or Fate?

"I wanted to ride the bike home, but the foot controls were stretched out too far for me, and it just wasn't safe. So we had the bike trailered home and immediately swapped out the forward controls. I also had a set of white leather saddlebags made, which really gives the bike a vintage look. I was a little nervous at first to ride it because it has so much more power than my Vespa, but now that I'm used to it I love it."

Now, this is where the story gets a little weird. The way we came across this bike was pretty much exactly how Cory found it-walking the streets of Reno while attending the '05 Street Vibrations event. Several of us were walking with our wives when one of us noticed this pink bike parked on the sidewalk. We were all immediately drawn to it, mostly because you rarely see a pink Harley. One of the wives mentioned it looked like a bike Mary Kay, the "Cosmetic Lady," would ride.

We checked out the bike several times, and each time we noticed something else besides the paint that made the bike stand out from the rest of the bikes lined up on the street. Finally, we decided we had to shoot it for the magazine and left a business card tucked into the seat in hopes that we could get a hold of the owner before the weekend was over.

As you can tell, the photo shoot went off without a hitch. However, it was while we were photographing the bike that Cory informed us that the spot where the bike was parked when we saw it turned out to be exactly where it had been several years earlier when she first saw it, and that she too went back several times before making a decision about it. The real kicker came when she then told us she was in the process of opening her own business in Napa and, believe it or not, she's opening a skin-care boutique.

Call it coincidence or call it fate. Either way, if Cory's looking to follow in the footsteps of cosmetics queen Mary Kay, she's blazing through on the right path with her pink and white Dyna. Who knows-maybe in a few years we'll be seeing a fleet of pink and white Harleys with Cory's name on them, giving those pink Caddys a run for their money.