X18 Performance Parts

hey guys, nice to hear some interest still out there, as far as the headlight bulb goes, give me a few days and i will go to the auto store where I got the bulb and will give you the model number and details of brighter bulbs that will fit with modification. I also believe that if we made a spacer to go between the bulb and the hole that it goes in it should pull the bulb back a little and stop that huge ring of light that the headlight makes instead of a much more useful concentrated piece of light, same as when you get a tourch and unscrew the end of it to concentrate the light. At the moment the headlight works, but it could be so much better. As for the plastics, i havn't looked at doing an x15 yet but if all goes well with the x18 i will urchase an x15 and use the same process. From what I can take from everyone on this forum is that the plastics are a huge problem. thanks guys!

my plastics have been great.... i wonder if it has anything to do with old or new versions( mine dosent have the stripes but has a different two tone style coloring)i am also looking for a xenon style replacement headlight bulb currently...

The plastics, i think do not take well to vibration, I have to x 18 bikes, both with the same hours and one is braking apart from underneith and the other is fine....go figure. I think some are good and others are gonna break, if you are lucky enough to get a good set, all the best. Hopefully we can make a set with some flex and vibration resistance, to give better durability.

hmmmm. you know , yah could be right( actually ive seen what your talkin' about. it usally happens in two part molds. its when one of the machine runs out a little faster ) that would make since, since they make tham and sell them in like a week( mine is dated 03/29/2006, i purchased it on 04/16/2006) that hella fast for any distributorship.however its cool to actually own a brand new year 2006 vehicle!

I have to get the packaging of the bulb to get the model number for you guys. Their were 2 types that I found, one that from memory was a few watts brighter than the original and that one required no modification for the fit and the other was a 21 watt (stock is only 10), this bulb required the hole where the bulb goes through to be opened up. Simple enough, it didnt need much opening either. I wired this bulb up just to see if it would work and it was great, but I chose the other because i didnt want to drill out the hole for the bulb at this stage, (lazy and already had a brighter bulb that fits) As for the headlight going out, mine did the same, and in the end the fillament in the light was broken and i needed to replace the bulb, but the first few times it was just loose wiring and bad connection. Be sure to check the large plastic connectors, all over the bike if you have the time. Alot of the problems that I had with one of my bikes was due to the assembly guy not pushing the wires into the back of the actual plastic plugs properly. The result is bad connection and at a quick glance the plug looks fine but inside the connectors are not touching. This evedently made my ignition cut in and out during riding, the headlight to turn on and off and the turn signals to work and not work as they please, typical traits of a chinese bike, but it was a simple fix as most of the problems with these bikes are and now i have good connectors and no problems.

cool, i want at least a brighter bulb without modification( i am good at mods too, but am too lathargic at the moment).cant wait to put one on order.

yeah that's the first thing i did when i got the bike, was check all screws and bolts, and also wire connections, also about the bulb there seems to be a brake in the filament too.

I know its a long shot, but is it possible to get like a 12v foglight and use that instead of the bulb? I was considering of modding the air vents on the front to house the foglights, but i'm also worried about it draining the batteries

So far my plastic has been good to me, than again i reinforced it with some fiberglass bondo, just the inner bottom

Hey guy's when it comes to your plastics cracking, one thing that you need to do to help stop them from cracking is run your over flow line from the top of your carb down and out through the bottom of the plastics, when the bike is being run it spits a little gas out that line, and gas weakins the plastics.

Very perceptive, as soon as i read the post i checked and sure enough and exactly where the cracks are......the overflow pipe. Ill look into this, sounds like the source of the problem

Its a 12v system and i have given mine excessive starting with the electric starter and it hasnt drained thae battery at all. Do what I did when testing the bulbs, just take the front of the bike off and connect different things to the wires and see how they work. If it drains you battery, just use the kickstart and ride for a while till it recharges itself.

Hey I Was Wondering If You Knew About That Cdi Thing The One That Revs.....are You Familiar With That I Dont Know Which One To Buy Or Who To Buy It From It Was Asking Me If I Have A Small Plug Or Big Plug Well I Have A Normal X-18 So Which One Is It Ok Thanks Bye

can you make parts for the gs-57? there about the same just diff. frame and fairings .any way a better speedometer gear indicator an low cost water cooled american built 110cc engine and some gs-57 signal lights, also a frame slider and a new brake/ rotor thats about it hope you can also make parts for the gs-57 thanks!

ok guys only one thing i should tell you. be careful when usin brighter bulbs and higher wattage bulbs. the wiring is not capable of handleing it and it will fry you electrics if you use it for long periods of time. the wires are so little they just cant handle the power. if you are gonna run the lights like that best thing to do is rewire the bike with some heavier gage wires. and as far as performance parts go, yes i think the main thing with this bike is exhaust and better fairings. i actually figured out the way to take them off in one peice. well 2 technically but. it takes 2 ppl to do it. i would say that with the fairings, it would be more logical to make it 3 piece instead of the 5 that it has. combine the tank cover with the side panels, so that it is one. they can be removed as they are now in one piece. then you have the tail section which is fine. and as far as the front section. maybe slimming down on the windshield part of it so that its not so high. these bikes have absolutely no support for the high shield it has which makes for alot of vibration in the plastics. which in turn causes cracking.if you look at the front you will see this. and alot of the cracking at the bottom of the side fairings are cause by this cause when the windshield vibrates it causes the side ones to vibrate and thus crack. another factor of the sides cracking is the carb vent hose which leaks onto the inside of the fairings which weakens them. eliminate those problems and you will have created the ultimate fairing assembly.

For the headlight, I am running a 55 watt cool blue halogen. I drilled a few holes in the back of the headlight housing to vent heat. I obviously had to rewire. But I can also tell you this, if you run the cheap little china battery, it is not going to last long. I have upgraded to a 2001 Yamaha R6 Yuasa battery that is much stronger than the stock X18 battery. I can also tell you this, the headlight is bright.

Nice to hear all this good feedback guys, ill begin designing immediately. I like that people are doeing headlight mods too as I felt that this was a problem with the bike that needed fixing. Its pointless having a headlight if its not bright enough to use at night. I think that if people keep giving good feedback and ideas, we may be able to come up with the stuff to make thses bikes good quality machines. I like the battery upgrade too, that is the first that I have heard of that, good work!

how about a bigger gas tank. I havent even had my gas tank plastic cover off yet. so far only a small glimpse of what the tank looks like from the bottom looking up into the bike. think it hold about a half of a gallon.. anyways it seems to not be anywhere near enough. my new x18 bike seems to go about 20 miles at best on a full tank. somewhere during the last fourth of the tank, it starts cutting out when going up or down a big hill. so how about a better gas tank that fits. possably a bigger one. or even an entire replacement for the tank and cover that are there. any suggestions for adding more fuel capacity for long rides? I have already played with the fule air mixture adjustment on thecarb. leaned it out quite a bit. only seems to take away from performance, and it still eats gas.

I was just looking on ebay... i saw a triple funtion fog light assembly that is 4in in diameter. it has a hologen bulb, a regular blue tinted bulb, and an led ring around the outer edge. thinking about getting it to try it. I could saw off the back part of the stock headlight assembly's tube, and mount that right inside there. from the outside front of the bike it would look like it is supposed to be there i guess. I could wire the ring and regular bulb together and run that to the stock wiring from the light switch. then add another thick wire to go to the positive of the battery straight to a switch that I would mount on the handlebar and then to the high wattage halogen bulb part. I would probly want to test it out connected to the stock wiring for just a minute to see if it is going to be bright enough and work good... at any rate I too had the idea of sticking a slightly smaller around fog light assembly in there. then it might leave room for a little up or down aiming, to get that light right where you want it on the road. might be a good idea to drill some holes to vent heat too.. great ideas guys. someone could probly order these as a set of two and sell them seperate with some wire, a switch and instructions as an aftermarket lighting upgrade for the x18.. maybe even work for other model pocketbikes too... great ideas guys!!!! one thing for sure, my battery just completely died. the juice box battery trickle charger/tender i have wont even charge it now. cheap china battery.. I have found a 12v 7ah batt that is a little taller and longer but seems to be the same width. it would fit in that wide groove where the stock batt did perfect. just wondering what amphour was this silly stock batt rated at. it says gt6.5-3 so is it 6.5 or maybe just 3 or 4 ah?? also i found some great 10 and 12 ah batts on ebay as well. they would still fit in the space there, but I would have to maybe use some big flex cuff size cable ties to hold it in or fashion a bracket. just wondering what that guy did to hold his yamaha r6 batt in there and how that worked out... yea keep the ideas flowin!! I already got fed-up with the stock tail light. it kept breaking and blowing bulbs. got tired of patching it back together. so i got some stuff from walmart and made my own tail light assembly. looks just like something youd see on an older bike or moped type scooter. made it out of a strip of metal for hanging duct work with holes drilled all along it. used a loop of it to go from the assembly to the back of my frame. busted off the middle screw hole above it and took off that little cover that was above the stock one. used the two remaining holes on each side to screw in a peice of that metal strip thats wrapped around the middle tail light. ill include a pic... keep thoes ideas rollin guys! happy pocketbiking!!

Awesome work Man, I love it that your getting into ripping up the bike and making it what it should be. I look at the x18, not as a bike but as a good platform for a bike project. You have to get the bike and then make it into something great. The headlight idea is great, I have expierimented with numerous bulbs in the bike and got better results but as I am trying to get the bike up to ADR compliance (Australian Design Rules) The rules specify that I need a high/low beam headlight which is good for 25 meters. So I am working on that. Before you can get registration here, you have to have ADR compliance. I will work on a gas tank idea, I already have one bike pulled apart and the tank is very small, I might make an aluminium tank and try to fit it in, it wouldnt have to be much bigger to yield large range.

well just got done working on my bike. went to the local bike shop and picked up a yuasa ytx12bs battery. its 12v and 10ah. its a little bigger than the stock one. cut some small slits into one edge of the battery platform, and bent it down until it was flat. set the bigger battery right where the stock was one, leaning against the other edge. used some duct work hanging metal fastener strip as a strap over the battery, and secured it by screwing it into each of the stock holes for the original battery bracket. followed by placing some thick cable ties around the battery in the other direction. attached the charging wire harness for my juicer box charger to it while I was in there. ran it to the back and tucked it behind the plastic to the right of the muffler. used some cable ties to hold it in place and leave just enough slack to be able to pull the plug out from behind the plastic. while working, I discovered a loose conection going to the fuse assembly. so I soldered a new wires to the fuse socket and spliced it to the wireing harness plug on the other end. Wrapped the entire length of wire in electrical tape. moved the fuse socket to a lower position and scured it with a cable tie. now I can get to the fue easier. got it all charged up and cruzed up to the local auto store and got a nice ngk cr6hsa plug. popped that good ol ngk in there. took the bike for a short spin, ran a little better. noticed it was cutting back in the middle of a big dip between hills. looked at the gas, and sure eough it was on less than 1/4 of a tank. thinking about using some slightly wider fuel line. seems sometimes even when the tank is full it might have the same symptom of cutting back after a pot hole or big hill. my guess is fuel is not flowing freely enough from the tank to the carb. was thinking of things to do next. maybe the headlight upgrade, now that i have a better battery. cut some round holes in the rear plastic and make small luggage rack that attaches to the frame underneath... maybe order some sprockets after my check clears the bank. and a better air filter that will sit higher up, and be less likely to get wet in the event of rain. one question, what is the tube comming from the rear of the engine???? is that a recycle the air gas mixture off the back of the crank deal there or what? would it matter if it were plugged or just left loose after installing the aftermarket filter? its going to the side of the stock air filter now.. is that where it is supposed to go? might get a can of bondo and just see how well i can reinforce that plastic on the inside bottom. oh yea keep forgetting i need to put a longer hose on that gas overflow. also need to make some brackets to fit inside the front plastic and stabilize it a little to stop the wabble and vibration a little. also need to get a pair if mirrors. sorry to talk everyones head off, just a lot acomplished and so much more to do yet... any ideas or answers to my questions?

if it aint what you need it to be, then make it what you need it be.

rebels are poor, they buy pocketbikes instead of mopeds cause they cost less. and they drive them anyhow.

How the heck do you get to the battery anyhow??? Do you have to take off the gas tank or what?? Thanks.