go for a sixties Triumph
http://triumphmotorcycles.typepad.com/

They are fantastic

...but if I buy one, it will be new, or very young.

Go for a new 'Bonnie' by all means . The have all the advantages that technology can bring. But let's not fotget that they are as far removed form the original Bonneville as Mars is from Earth.
Don't be fooled by all this 'Bonneville Thruxton'and similar stuff. what you are buying is a modern, John Boor bike using Triumph's curemt modular philosophy.
They are good bikes- I ran a 900cc Trident which was great- but a classic Triumph they are not
G

PS Whatever you do, do not buy a Trident built durng the time of the Cooperative- I'd rather buy a Minsk

I am still waiting for one of these

http://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/38104/Phwoar#Post38104

I know, but that's exactly what I'm after: Classical look with modern and reliable technology.

There are very few bikes out there, that really please me. Many are too aggressive, too heavy, too powerful... Who on earth needs a bike with 150 or more HP?

Other "new classics" from my list are:

Ducati GT 1000


Guzzi V7


And a "real classic", the Royal Enfield Bullet

It would pretty well cope with the Morgan, but I'm afraid, that they're a bit weak everyday use.

Sunny greetings,
Ivo

in the late 70's I had a '76 co-op Tiger 750 (a single carb bonnie) and a '75 Trident and they were both good bikes in their day, also had a 1960 500 Speed Twin and 1995 Hinkeley Speed Triple, my favourite was the 500, I only paid £200 and it ran faultlessly for a couple of years until some kind soul wrote it off, a KTM Duke 612 cc single I rode 10 yrs ago was almost as good as the Speed Twin and would be my choice for a modern bike.

I got out of bikes a couple of years ago- too old, reflexes too slow ( and that was on a Honda ST1100)
I do still have one bike tho- Velocette Thruxton Venom and that, to my way of thinking, is the dog's danglies of the classic British motor bike ( with all due respect to Norton, Triumph, Matchless and AJS fans- I don't count Vincents or Broughs because they just weren't ordinary bikes!)

Ivo,
go for the Guzzi. I had a Enfield in Kenya in 1994.
Great bike for 3rd world rodes but not enough power for Europe.

John

I remember the original V7 from the 70s. Superceded by the 850 Le Mans...

Cheers,