And they will call it the XS750 or XS850 depending on capacity and give it shaft drive.
Weird. History repeating itself?

No problem

The camchain dont rattle!
But seriously, by taking a measurement of where the original is extended to, and then setting it to that length. There is a way of doing this involving a thin flat bladed screwdriver, a ten mill spanner, a small steel ruler and marker pen. From then on, its just a question of playing it by ear I suppose. Not had any experience of manual ones, but this seems to be the method.
Getting the horrible feeling I'm becoming far too familiar with Gen 1 cam chain adjusters. Need to break the cycle, but not literally, again.

Good question Phil ( I'm also Phil BTW )
Heres an answer. Sort of. Quite long.
Cam chain tensioners are one of those things that, through the years, have been troublesome on some bikes, and not on others. The first GPZ 900r's were notorious for having dodgy ones, and a few other models of bikes from various manufactures also had problems. Having said that, I have never had a problem with one on any of the bikes I've ever owned, and thats in 28 years of riding, and about half a million miles
Now, here comes the little problem that I can see with the Fazer one.
In the past when I have had occasion to remove cam chain tensioners from various bikes for whatever reason, they have all seemed to work on the same principle, which is a spring pushing a piston out from behind to tension the blade and the piston having splines on one side and a sprung toothed cam sort of thing which stops the piston from pushing back in. Simple really. If the spring fails in any way, the piston is locked in position and the first you would know about it would be a gradual increasing rattle from the cam chain as it wears and gets slacker but isnt being tensioned by the blade because the spring isnt gradually pushing the piston out to take up the slack.
With me so far? Phew.....
The Fazer one, or at least the two that I have now removed, dose'nt work like that. Rather than being a spring pushing the piston from behind, the spring is a bit like a minature slinky which is hooked over the end of the chain tensioner outer body, wraps around the piston and is hooked over the back end of the piston, under tension, and therefore PULLS the piston out, creating tension on the blade.If the spring fails at any point it will just close up and beome slack., doing sod all. Now, here comes the problem with this design. The piston isnt toothed, with a cam to lock it in place, so when the spring fails, it can just be pushed back in to the body of the tensioner, taking all pressure off the blade instantly, and then slap bang wallop slack cam chain flapping around, jumping teeth on the cam sprockets and then oh deary me disaster When this happened the other week, I wasnt even riding my bike, it was ticking over on the drive at about 1300rpm, and its still managed to lock up the engine and bend valves etc. Fuggin ell!
Now as far as regards servicing the little bugger, it shouldnt really need it. Its a pretty simple device really, fed by oil from the engine, and should be nicely lubed by that. Both times I've stripped out knackered ones, they've been full of oil and looking fine, apart from the snapped springs, which are really thin. I dont know why its happened twice, first one at 26k, second one at 32k, maybe I have an issue with oil flow, but it does'nt look that way. I'm flummoxed, and very very pissed off
So, it looks like I'm going to be looking for another cylinder head, and rebuiling it again, but this time I'll be buying a manual cam chain tensioner from somewhere ( seen one on ebay) and hopefully eliminating the problem  
Dont let my bad experiences worry you, its just one of those things and was bound to happen to someone. That would be me   Twice
Arse.
Sorry if that was a bit long winded, but felt the need to spout.
TTFN
Phil

I may know someone who might be interested funds permitting
Where abouts in Scotland are you?

Was supposed to be making this one, but due to unforseen circumstances kicking sand in my face again by snapping the spring in my camchain tensioner again a week ago, I'll not be there. Good job it didnt happen when I was 'making progress' back from the Bike Shed the other week
Bugger!

How much is the tax on a twelve year old car that does 160mph and 0-60 in a little over 3 seconds?
Bet its a lot more than 78 quid.
I think its a bit of a bargain really. The wifes 2012 1.4 Fiesta Zetec is more than that, and BORING as fuck to drive. Goes round corners ok though.
Dont tell her that though, she'll call me a 'mad lad'.
 

Go manual then eliminate record motoru

Yep thats what I was thinking  Guess it was you then, no surprises there then
How did you do it, or is that a trade secret?   Seen a manual one on Fleabay for about thity quid, but I'm a tight fisted Northern git, so will always go for the cheapest/ diy option.
PS. 'eliminate record motoru' ? what dat den?

I was there. Kind of stood out a bit. Lots of hair.

I'm planning on leaving here about 9ish, but I am having a slight ignition switch problem at the mo. Bastard thing keeps sticking and wont turn on, think it might be wearing out   I've been liberally dosing it with oil and it seems to be getting better, but..........
So if I'm not there by ten I probably wont be there at all Bloody typical.
See you Sunday

Cripes!
Some serious banter going on here vis-a vis the Bike shed meet.
Paul. I've been to your house, dropped off some rear caliper bolts, its left out of the end of your Cul-de sac.
Made a rapid depature though as it was just round the corner from where a (very) ex-girlfriend lived
So, I'm thinking maybe I should turn up again this year, represent the North West blue Gen 1 Thou owners, show my face and what not, wot!
Was a few years ago when I went (2008? Maybe? ) but at the end of the day, its a bit special really, is'nt it? Certainly a bit more special than going to The Barn, where I havent been for 7 years!
So count me in, I'm up for this. Sunday 28th April. Be there, or be somewhere else, everybodies choice.
Fizzypies: I'm in Bolton, so if you want to meet up and trundle down together, the Shell garage at Haydock Island ( where the M6 crosses the East Lancs Road) would be a good place. You bring the pies though  
I'll pm you.
 

 
I heard a rumour recently that some idiot was planning to re-make ' They Live'
No. Just dont go there.

Mines having a little rattle at the moment, bless it!
Not too worried though cos I serviced at a couple of weeks ago. Will check cable slack when I get a chance, but more worried about my flat back tyre at the moment