I had a '65 "B-ville" before I was drafted in '67. Sold it a week before I left for basic training. I rewarded myself with the Sporty when I made it home in '68. The "Bonneville" money was the down payment. The TR was a great bike, handled well (so does my Sportster), but my sporty has something more. Kinda' like some women, some guns, some horses, etc. Some things in this life are worth more than the sum of their parts.
Not that I would offer my '67 Bonnie for sale (bought from the first owner in 1977 and ridden, rebuilt, ridden, rebuilt, ridden since)or my '73 or my '71....if you ever pick one up, feel free to drop me a line for tips on what to do to it reliability and performance-wise. Good luck finding a bargain. My '67 cost me $400.00 and a case of tall boys.
You may get lucky finding one tucked-away at a non-dealer HD shop. My '73 cost me $200.00 when I offered to drag it out from behind a stack of straightleg frames, XA springers (4 of them), a JD, about 25 assorted gas tanks and a 3/4 there UL. Yes, I know where this stuff is and NO, I'm NOT TELLIN (still haggling over the UL).
Oh, man, my husband has one of those!