They are bikes for folks who are..different. . - trust me here, I rode one for 12 years, an old cafe style T3-Lemans rearsets, Bub pipes, etc. Stable as a freight train. But dated compared to a modern Jap bike. Question is, how many can use all the perfomance of a modern sport bike anyway? I would love to have a new V7 sport or even a California Vintage. Very cool machines. And surprisingly low maintainance cost- you can do the valves in a hour sitting on a milk crate with a beer. Cylinder head right there, screw adjusted tappets, piece of cake. And shaft drive, how I miss it! And for older ones, parts availability is , in my experience, much better than for old Japanese bikes because they did not change models every year. If you ride a Guzzi, every other Guzzi rider you run into will want to talk bikes- there are no Guzzi "posers", they are all enthusiasts. Plus, everyone will know you are wierd!