NEW INDIAN TO RACE PARIS DAKAR RALLY - SCOOP FROM MOTOHISTORY.NET
Since 2000, the Indian trademark has been owned by Stellican, Ltd. a British firm that has set up shop in King's Mountain, North Carolina, with the promise of reintroducing a new Indian to the American motorcycle market. Last year, Motohistory published an exclusive interview with Stellican Chairman Stephen Julius (See Motohistory News & Views 5/24/2007). At that time, he spoke of the company's plan to rebuild brand image through quality, but nothing he said remotely suggest that Indian would pursue a sporting image by competing in the world's toughest off-road event, the Paris-Dakar.
In a surprising development, Motohistory has obtained spy photos, one of which is published above, that reveal that Indian has been developing and testing machines intended for debut later this year at the Paris-Dakar Rally when it is relocated to South America. No one could have imagined that the company would go in this direction, and our spies report that engineering and design for the new rally bike has followed a totally unorthodox path. For example, rather than develop sophisticated and expensive long-travel suspension seen on the typical Paris-Dakar-type machines, the Indian will rely on huge, low-pressure tires for its shock-absorption and handling. To reduce the likelihood of drive line failure under the rough, dirty riding conditions, the machine will feature shaft drive.
Furthermore, . . . aw hell, people, I can't keep this going. Clearly, cabin fever has overcome us in these northern climes, and it is probably time to get away from this screen and get on our bikes and ride.
April Fool!
Indian Scoop! 
what? LOL!!!! you blew it BK!!! 
they had cancelled Dakar because of terrorists. thats no joke.
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