Now yer talkin', Ben. *That*, for me, is what a REAL bike should look like, and what I'd buy now if I were in the market for one (minus the gold 'bling')! Didn't even know that they made bikes in that style anymore
It just looks more 'human' (and also 'butch/manly'), but stylish, rather than some soulless, overtly computer-designed looking/'futuristic', 'sculptured' aerodynamic, plastic girly thing, with zero class.
And yes, a classic [not necessarily 60s] café racer is defo my thing: something to cruise around town in (or the beach/countryside), which looks the part and SOUNDS great, especially in low gears. Not something to thrash around corners or go stupidly fast in
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree about modern brakes and components being vastly superior to the stuff used 'back in the day', which is why if I wasn't buying something like that Triumph, I'd modify (the likes of Geoff's 1975 Kawasaki) with the best modern 'bits', so I'd have something that looked AND handled great - and most importantly stood out from the crowd!!
[As I hate having the same things as everyone else, in anything, cars, bikes, houses, hi-fi, you name it].
Marco.