I have a 97 CBR600 F3...in process of finishingre-assembling my motor...on the steps of installing the cams, cam sprockets, and cam chain. I don't have much experience with cams and cam chains and timing...so I stay paranoid. Should I expect the cam chain to be pretty tense between the cam sprockets (the section on the top half of the motor, that would be covered by the cam chain cover) ? There is only about 1 or 2 mm of deflection(up-down) there, with all the other slack towards the rear of the motor (where the cam chain tensioner is, so I am expecting that). Any feedback? thanks in advance.

 

Yep, that sounds about perfect, there should be hardly any slack at all between the cam gears, and lots of slack on the tensioner side.