I'm with Cynic on this. My youngest bike was 17 years old when I bought it, my oldest bike was 32 tears old.
I didn't buy them because they were inexpensive I bought them because the made me grin when I saw them and grin even wider when I sat on them for the first time.
Older bikes have character where the newer ones are just clones with different badges on.
This is a picture of me the day I bought my current, 24 year old, XV750. Do I look like I bought it because it's cheap?