WTF!!!

[JayDub]

Whist changing the crank position sensor, just for curiosity  I had to look inside the small cover above and to the right of the crankshaft one... what was behind it is pictured.

Now I'm going to stay calm and wait for nice people to tell me that is just a broken off piece of the old cam
chain guide/tensioner which was accidently left in there by someone.
I can't see how it could be anything else as there is no room for it to have fallen through from somewhere, and
it shows signs of (a lot of) wear like a cam chain would cause.  The motor sounds OK (for a steamer) not like you
would expect if a piece of the cam chain running gear was missing and the chain itself feels under enough tension.
I'm still calm, I'm not going to cry.

[rybes]

yep. looks like a broke tensioner to me

[JayDub]

Thought so, looks the same shape as the bit above it... odd though 
Spose that's the balance shaft in there then?

[Mustang]

Spose that's the balance shaft in there then?

[Bixxer Bob]

That'll teach you to go poking around. ....

[threepot]

You could hide illegal substances in there

[JayDub]

You could hide illegal substances in there

shocking - what do you take me for! - you mean like Semtex or summat?

[JayDub]

That'll teach you to go poking around. ....

Thanks Bob! but I can't help it... mmm, now where else can I look

[Sin_Tiger]

I hate to say it but I'm getting the feeling the last person that worked on the bike before you got was a graduate from BIT (Borg Institute of Technology)

[JayDub]

I hate to say it but I'm getting the feeling the last person that worked on the bike before you got was a graduate from BIT (Borg Institute of Technology)

I didn't have you down as a trekkie!
That would explain this then Niall...

[Sin_Tiger]

  beam me up Spotty