Tim,
You have stumbled onto a bike sutible for a museum or a fine collection. You will be a fool if you cut it. A perfect stock or near stock XS is just as cool as any chopper these days because it is such a desirable old motorcycle. My total beater '77D always draws a crowd of interested gawkers.
This summer CL was inundated with XS choppers. Some (most?) were not finished or didn't run. The ones that ran were not all that hot. They all looked the same with different paint, except that over half were rattle can black. I don't think any sold. I rarely see an XS chopper on the street.
300 miles? Come on, this bike is an icon. You can throw a rock and hit a chopper project but you are the only one I know that has an XS with less than 1000 miles on it.
Sincerely,
Tom (has been into bikes since his first in 1967.)