I like classic bikes but the rose tinted specs thing is definitely a thing.
Definitely. I’ve bought a few 40 yo bikes over the last 10 years. mainly as I like restoring them, but they are all bikes I had, or lusted over in my younger years. All of them were rubbish when compared to my modern bike. The last one was a 1979 Guzzi V50, I had one in the late 80’s, went everywhere on it. I finally got it on the road in July, and promptly put it up for sale. It handled lovely, but it was so slow, and as above, the brakes are awful.Previous ones were the same, 400/4, CB250N, even the Ducati 750SS from 1993 was rubbish compared to my current 2020 Tiger 900. I think if I ever got the 350LC, I would be very disappointed, for many reasons. I’m now 3 stone heavier than when I was a youth, I would look stupid on such a small bike, brakes and performance would then really hit home how old it is. If you are less than 10 stone, at less than 5’8”, aand not used to modern bikes, then get it, if not, you’ll be very disappointed with it, so buy it as an ornament, and polish it every so often, take it out twice a year, and then each time vow to never use it again as its so rubbish. It’ll be an apprecitaing asset for a good few years yet, so you shouldnt lose money on it.