Replicas
I don't want a Bonneville myself (although I could almost be tempted by a 1967 model in production racing trim...), but if you wanted a bike like the bikes of your youth, sit-up-and-beg, light, moderate performance, but without the hassle of maintenance or a rebuild, perhaps because you lacked the patience and skill for either, what would you buy? And is the Royal Enfield a replica, or the real deal? The "new" Shadow was undoubtedly a replica, and no-one has pretended otherwise. Whatever, I observe that both Bonnie and RE seem to sell astonishingly well, albeit to people without our fine sense of aesthetics. Minis too, come to think of it.
I HAVE completely overhauled a 1970's Ducati (although I didn't actually fit the new big-end myself), and ridden it for thousands of miles thereafter. I know perfectly well however that very few owners could contemplate doing that, or even, perhaps, afford to have "a restorer" do it for them.
I'm not prepared to turn up my nose at people who lack my skills. It's a broad church, and their hearts are in the right place. The more people on bikes that look like a means of transport for ordinary mortals, rather than a tool for Valentino Rossi, the better. It's something I'm very conscious of. I think a motorcycle is transport: the media regard it as a toy.