Damaged repairable can work
I bought a 2003 XT 600e off ebay to match one we allready owned, it was listed as damaged but looked straight enough in the photos, made a few calls to the vendor(colin appleyard suzuki in leeds) he described the damage accurately, Bars, tank, clutch lever ,indicator. Paid 1120quid for a bike with 1100miles on the clock, we fitted acerbis tank ,new bars indicator, clutch lever.
We have done 40000km in a year an a half on our RTW trip on 2 XT,S ,are currently in OZ and the bike is fine.
It does help that I am a mechanic but if you get somebody to check it for you it can work, and save a shit load of  money, most people fit new tanks anyway, look for something that has been down the road sideways, not a frontal impact and you should be OK.
Hope this helps, Pete
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