Advice needed on cam chain

[Dead Eye]

If the bike has done 38k would you reset the tensioner or do the cam chain ?

t doing the cam chains seems more than a little risky as wouldn't it practically destroy the engine if it failed ?

this a better safe than sorry deal ?

Best bet is to check the tensioner and see how far along it is - that will determine if you need to replace the cam chain or not.

If memory serves me, there are 12 teeth on the tensioner. My red bike began to tick a little at about 25k miles and since I had the carbs off I checked it out. Ended up that the tensioner was at about 7 teeth - so still some adjusting left on it and figured I'd leave the cam chain for a bit