Originally Posted by Paul M

I did suspect that was one possibility, but without the right tools to remove the cam cover and/or head I couldn't be sure. It was losing power (which was the main reason I stopped) and I noticed a loud tapping sound like you get on old Fords where the tappets are out of adjustment. So I guess if I'm lucky it'll just need a tensioner and be good to go... although I've done enough maintenance on car engines to know that nothing is ever quite as simple as you hope when starting work on a job

I've got a few people interested at the moment so I'll give them the opportunity to decide first if they're interested, because in the end I'm going to be selling it anyway as I have a new bike. So if it sells now I may lose money but it saves me a lot of time and hassle with transporting etc. But if it doesn't go shortly I'll get it fixed and sell it working.

Cheers.