Do you think anyone would go for this?

[KLR600]

Since getting my ZRX I've had my old XJ600 sitting behind my flat looking sorry for itself. It needs a bit of work to get it back on the road, the job list is something like this:

Thrust bearing in gearbox (easy fix, just not been motivated due to having the ZRX)
New back tire
Probably needs new calipers by now
Oil and filter change
Possibly new disks

I'm wanting to fix it and maybe use it as a hack bike for work to save racking the miles up on the ZRX then it occurred to me the other day how much I miss riding the lanes on a trailie so I was thinking if I fixed up the XJ and maybe tried to swap it for a trailie. Now I think I could probably fix the XJ for £250 (not including the money to tax it and mot it and all that guff so maybe £350 all in to get it back OTR) but XJ's don't command high used prices, I've seen mint low mileage ones fetch well below £1k and I don't want to swap mine for an 80's 250 trailie that's been around the clock 7 times! My XJ is in average condition for it's age but does have 30k miles on the clocks.

Ideally I'd be looking at something 350cc and above, perhaps a DR350/600 or an XR/XL400/600 or something along those lines, do you think I'm dreaming aiming for something like that? Would it even be worth trying to swap it for a trailie after spending £350 getting it back on the road? I've owned the XJ since 1500 miles so I know pretty much all of it's history and I'd be worried about swapping it for a dud trailie.

Anyone want to swap a trailie for an XJ
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Personally,i think you'd be very lucky.

Quite a few people are wanting traily type bikes lately and less people are wanting hack bikes like the xj.

I think you'd be better off doing it up and selling it,then buy a cheap dr350 or similar.
You could allways put it on the swapz website though just incase.


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[Gazdaman]

Your best option is fixing it, MOTing and taxing it, and chucking it on eBay. People always want anything as long as it's got full ticket.

Then buy an off roader.

Gaz