Now that you have the bigger breathing air cleaner your going to be running lean until you re-map the ECU. (tune)

I have seen chrome exhaust pipes turn blue because of this lean condition.

Just some advise that you may want to tune earlier than you planned.

 

I'm just gotta take the air cleaner off for now

 

Looking at your plugs isn't going to tell you much about your tune....we are not dealing with carbs any more. The amount of fuel is being changed by the map continuously.
Fuel injection does not have "circuits" like a carb, there is no 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, WOT, circuits
Looking at your plugs won't tell you much.

 

Nah it'll only run you $300 for the PCV. This exact one:

 

Off topic but damn, thats a fine looking bike Lowcountry Joe!

 

same price thru fuel moto.. only a few bucks to ship..

 

I am going to disagree with the other folks here..if all you have changed is the mufflers and intake filtering system, than the xieds should work for you...maybe I am not understanding your dilemma, BUT as far as the motor is concerned you should be running just as lean/rich (same mix) as you did with the original system (with the xieds installed)...if you choose to go with a tuner you will get more power....But the xieds should work fine...If you find that the bike is not running well with the xieds on you may have another issue...Now if you change any of the following, cams, intake manifold, pistons/cylinders, heads, valves, then you will def. need a tuner...

 

The x-ied's take away the lean. I have been running them, big sucker, gutted headpipe and klock werks 4 inch super saver slip ons for almost 2 years now, troublefree. You are correct that the lean will blue the chrome. I have a bud that I work with, he has a 2013 SG with vance and hines on it and the right pipe is already blue from the factory lean.

 

I never said I had any issues.. the bike sucks was meant for the increase in air. I just don't like the way it feels as far as ur logic about their mix being the same I'd disagree.. but ur right they SHOULD work but every bike runs different. xieds add something like 8% more fuel.. I'm sure my intake alone is flowing more than that.... to me it feels lean it hesitates more than it ever has.. and it didn't do it before the intake was on.. so using some brain power I'd assume I'm sucking in a lot of air and not enough fuel.. which is y I said I'd take it off for now until u can get the pcv.. I could care less about the pipes bluing

 

the xieds add around 8% as you say, but it is not a flat amount of fuel , it is 8% more than what the fuel controller calls for,, and that amount changes all the time depending on load, air pressure etc....So by putting a freeer breathing air cleaner on you are allowing more air to enter at higher rpms/load (at lower rpms/load the original ac flowed all the air the engine needed), the fuel controller recognizes this and add more fuel to that air (to which the xieds, add another 8%) ...now if the orginal programming to the fuel controller was extremely lean and the added 8% from the xieds is not enough to give a good mix than a new fuel controller can help increase that mix...That said , you say you are getting hesitation, this could still be a controller issue, or it could be something like bad gas causing the timing to change to stop pinging (I think??)...