About Johnnybaja
I grew up in the family business of producing aluminum & zinc die cast products since 1974. My late father, Robert, was a great man and taught my brother and I what he knew and he gave us a good life with lots of time spent together before his passing in 1987. He taught us that nothing comes easy, and if you want it, you earn it! From then on until 1996, my brother, Jeff, and I continued to cast parts and run a shop of 65 employees.
In mid 1996, I moved on and went to work for FMF Racing (manufacturer of motorcycle pipes). R&D was my specialty and I was put in charge of manufacturing. In early 1998, I was lured away from FMF by American Aircraft Products to work full time in the aerospace industry, again in R&D, automating machinery and keeping the entire mechanical part of that business alive. My work is still making them money to this day. In 2002, I decided to go on my own full time, building up High Speed Engineering.
I started High Speed Engineering back in 1997 and in 1999 I opened a small shop as a side business. I was a bachelor then, so I made the shop my home. I lived and worked there on my own projects and side jobs after my day job. I went to auctions when I could. They intrigued me, as I had been going to them since I was a kid and knew their potential. I started to buy and sell full time. By the end of 2006, I had moved to Oregon, opened up a new shop and on 7-7-07, I married my high school sweetheart, Harriet. (She is truly the best wife I could ever ask for. I love her very much!). I have been to well over 500 auctions and have bought and sold so many things from so many different industries, it boggles my mind. I have a vast mechanical ability and have been exposed to a wide variety of machinery and mechanical challenges. I have used all that I know to expand my manufacturing ability and create many of my own products seen here on this site.
I am known as "JOHNNYBAJA", getting the name at a craps table in Las Vegas from my good friend, Keith Brown. The name was for all my racing in Mexico on ATV's (Quads) in the Baja 1000 and Baja 500 from 1987-1998. My brother, Jeff, and I, along with our team, won the 1000 to La Paz 3 times in a row (1992, 1995, & 1998). Back then they only ran to La Paz every 3 years. We also won the BAJA 500 OVERALL ATV twice (1993 & 1995), along with four SCORE off road championships. We earned full sponsorship from American Honda for the 1998 Baja 1000 on the all new 400EX. We became the first 4-stroke ATV to overall a Baja 1000 for ATV's. Those racing days are in the past for now, but we lived our dreams of winning Baja. Those races were Extreme and Very Intense. They taught me a lot about life and chasing BIG dreams. Many of our wins in Baja took me to the ragged edge, and always within the last 1/2 hour, I was pushed to my limits and beyond. Baja makes you earn it every time!
"If you want to win BIG, there will be BIG RISK involved."
NEVER QUIT!
Today, I am focused on making my company grow. I sell in several ways: on Ebay, Amazon, Craigslist, word of mouth and through this website.
Feel free to contact me for any questions and thanks for getting to know a little bit about me. John Courts, AKA Johnnybaja
In mid 1996, I moved on and went to work for FMF Racing (manufacturer of motorcycle pipes). R&D was my specialty and I was put in charge of manufacturing. In early 1998, I was lured away from FMF by American Aircraft Products to work full time in the aerospace industry, again in R&D, automating machinery and keeping the entire mechanical part of that business alive. My work is still making them money to this day. In 2002, I decided to go on my own full time, building up High Speed Engineering.
I started High Speed Engineering back in 1997 and in 1999 I opened a small shop as a side business. I was a bachelor then, so I made the shop my home. I lived and worked there on my own projects and side jobs after my day job. I went to auctions when I could. They intrigued me, as I had been going to them since I was a kid and knew their potential. I started to buy and sell full time. By the end of 2006, I had moved to Oregon, opened up a new shop and on 7-7-07, I married my high school sweetheart, Harriet. (She is truly the best wife I could ever ask for. I love her very much!). I have been to well over 500 auctions and have bought and sold so many things from so many different industries, it boggles my mind. I have a vast mechanical ability and have been exposed to a wide variety of machinery and mechanical challenges. I have used all that I know to expand my manufacturing ability and create many of my own products seen here on this site.
I am known as "JOHNNYBAJA", getting the name at a craps table in Las Vegas from my good friend, Keith Brown. The name was for all my racing in Mexico on ATV's (Quads) in the Baja 1000 and Baja 500 from 1987-1998. My brother, Jeff, and I, along with our team, won the 1000 to La Paz 3 times in a row (1992, 1995, & 1998). Back then they only ran to La Paz every 3 years. We also won the BAJA 500 OVERALL ATV twice (1993 & 1995), along with four SCORE off road championships. We earned full sponsorship from American Honda for the 1998 Baja 1000 on the all new 400EX. We became the first 4-stroke ATV to overall a Baja 1000 for ATV's. Those racing days are in the past for now, but we lived our dreams of winning Baja. Those races were Extreme and Very Intense. They taught me a lot about life and chasing BIG dreams. Many of our wins in Baja took me to the ragged edge, and always within the last 1/2 hour, I was pushed to my limits and beyond. Baja makes you earn it every time!
"If you want to win BIG, there will be BIG RISK involved."
NEVER QUIT!
Today, I am focused on making my company grow. I sell in several ways: on Ebay, Amazon, Craigslist, word of mouth and through this website.
Feel free to contact me for any questions and thanks for getting to know a little bit about me. John Courts, AKA Johnnybaja
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The 1993 Baja 1000 Silt Bed Sanded Piston Story! TEAM KWIK ATV SCORE CHAMPIONS
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Piston on left is the blown one, Piston on foot peg was hand sanded, Sanding belt on right.