I am not really going for a sportier bike, if I were, I'd scoop up an aprilia dorsoduro 1200. the monster, thruxton, and bonnie are basically the only bikes on the market that aren't sportbikes, motards, or cruisers. My current bike, may it rest in piece, was a really ratty cafe, 82 gs650. I'm thinking of just scooping up a relatively new bike with EFI, and then buying another project bike, like the early 70s cb mentioned above, or an rd or xs, and go for a real proper cafe build while using the new bike as a daily rider. My only issue with older bikes is that you will inevitably end up spending every single weekend in your garage fixing everything that went wrong with it over the week, which is fun for a few months, and then just starts getting annoying when you can't get anywhere because something always goes wrong. that's especially true with indian's and harleys and brit bikes, and to a lesser extent, the older jap bikes.