Yeah so I have decided to do the following: On Monday I'll take the bike to a trusted mechanic referred by a different trusted mechanic.
We'll take the tank off and look at the cam chain. As I understand it, it should be tight and well tensioned. I shouldn't be able to pick up the chain and it should be tight against the engine. Then I can look at the tensioner and see if its worth out, and also to see if its on its final adjustment. If it looks like its in the final adjustment that pretty much guarantees the cam chain is toast.
In that case, I've located two 82RH-2010 Morse (manufactured in Japan and original Yamaha parts) cam chains 136 links each. At a cost of around $50 per chain which seems like a bargain considering the OEM runs $126/chain. The mechanic quoted me $160-200 to do the work which includes some kind of valve sync. This seems relatively in line with how much it would cost in the States. Anyway, that's my new gameplan.... for maybe $260-300 I'm back on the road again.
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