25 years ago, Baja Designs was founded with a passion and thirst for off-road. Performance driven and race proven – Baja Designs engineers and manufactures American made products, using only the best components available, right here in San Diego, California. Since the beginning, we have engineered revolutionary ways to stay at the forefront of motorcycle and automotive lighting.

The first product developed was a Dual Sport kit that made pure off road motorcycles minimally street legal. Our intimate knowledge of motorcycle electrical capabilities eventually led us to engineer the first HID motorcycle race light.  Founder and Lead engineer Alan Roach, an avid Baja 1000 motorcycle racer, was able to fine tune a motorcycle’s limited light optics to maximize rider comfort, speed, and safety. As a result, BD lights have won every professional and amateur motorcycle and ATV Baja 1000 class for over 15 years.

As our engineers and racers advanced to truck and buggy racing, the next evolution began.  The engineers quickly adapted their race winning HID motorcycle lights to their new race vehicles.  With amazing speed, BD HID lights were adopted by the vehicle race community and could be found on the majority of Baja 1000 winning vehicles.  In the process, BD engineers became well known as “The Scientists of Lighting” and were sought out by professional race teams to develop and aim their vehicle lighting.