My friend has the 1,200 Bonneville, and claims it is a lot better than the 900 engine.

I have ridden his 1,200, and it is really nice.....they toured Europe on it for 6 weeks and it didn't let them down.

I have a feeling it you got the 1,200......you wouldn't be looking at anything else for a long while.

Well the 865 is the last of the air cooled is why I was looking at it .   The liquid cooled machines just turn me off.   I could be all right with an oil cooler to help on hot days but no big radiator if I can help it so I don't want the 1200 even if it was free.

The 790 Triumph would be Ok , but there ain't many of them with less than 5K miles on them.    That's what made me look at this one.

I wouldn't bid over the $3500. on a 2009 machine because I've already got a Guzzi for my "WE" bike .   So I'm either buy it cheep or leave it to the next feller.

But still , having a Triumph for a while would fill a teenage dream .    I think this model uses shims for the valve adjustments like the Suzuki 425 -500 twins did.   That seems like a very good thing to my way of thinking.

I've sort of been keeping an eye open for one also in either the Bonnie, the America, or the Speedmaster version. I've seen a few that caught my attention but they were just too far away.

"some signs of weather and patina on some of the chrome, exhaust pipes and some fasteners, there are some scratches on the left side of the windshield and mirror..."

Decoded: Bike was probably stored outside in FL and all of the salt air is what caused all of the rust...and what rust you do see is what we couldn't scrub off because we're sorta lazy and there are likely a lot more surprises for the new owner.  

MM doesn't care though...because he will have that bike up on the lift with a welding torch and sawz-all on it as soon as he got it home.  

When the limited edition Thruxton with the red frame came out I came SO close to buying one. All I could see were the areas that needed to be improved, and reminded myself I already had enough project bikes. Having said that, a lot of folks are happy with them stock or slightly modified.
A bud had a very similar model to the one in the link. Nice thing about the mags is that they are tubeless. Did an Outex tubeless conversion on a wire wheel bike. Worked brilliantly.
Did a little work on a bud's bike. He always thought the brakes were wooden. I made an adapter bracket for a 4 piston Brembo off a Duck. Had to use a different master cylinder. Worked great.
Bikes were 795, then 865, then 865 with injection. Carbs were pretty easy to rejet, but with the ethanol problems, I'd rather do injection.
Had one meathead who just removed the mufflers on a carb bike, and ran only the head pipes. Even then, I was able to get it to run OK. Wanted to shoot him because it was so loud.
There is a simple free software program for remapping the FI. Saw a lot that were only getting low 30's MPG after a hot-up and bad remap. Had one dyno tuned (after a local shop had done pipes and a bad remap) and went from low 30's tools 40's.
A few mods go a long way. Did mufflers and some airbox twiddling on a few. Nice thing about muffs is you can ditch the Catastrophic Converters. Lose some serious weight. I like the airbox mods rather than airbox elimination.

Had another customer who lost his mind. I found an aluminum swingarm for it. Maybe $1K? gorgeous!  Did the rear fender removal and pods. Did a 6 piston front caliper and different master cylinder. Nice.
Major hacking and sawing of all components on that bike.
There is a kit to eliminate the oil cooler and route the oil through the frame rails. Cost over $800 and includes swapping out a frame rail. We did it. Looks SO much better and supposedly cools better. And, many pounds lighter.
Lost prob 50 pounds by the time we were done with all the mods. He prob put $20K into the bike. Then the water cooled bikes came out and were better in every way. He banged his head against the wall for days.

Forks and shocks are pretty primitive. Did Ricor intimidators, Racetech springs, and better fork oil on a few Bonnies and Thruxtons. MUCH better.
Shocks are crap. Lots of choices. Tried a few different brands.
I like the factory centerstand. You can add it to any model. The aftermarket ones are not brilliant and take some work to install.
Put a Bosch headlight in one to replace the underwhelming stock unit. Stock headlight bucket.
Did LED turn signals on a few to tidy up front and rear.  Tidies things up.
Lots of seat choices out there as well.
Ditch the Air Injection stuff. Lose little weight, head runs cooler, sounds nicer. Have to splice in a resistor and plug a few holes. Easy.
The Triumph Rat forum is amazing. Lots of good advice. Lots of knowledgeable folks.
Shim valve adjustment. A little tedious. Easier if you buy a few factory tools. Done a few. Not traumatic.
Synch the throttle bodies or carbs easily.
Bike should weigh 50 lbs less than it does. Dropping 10 pounds is cheap and easy. 50 is expensive.
Had one guy buy an aluminum tank that 'bolts on'. 10 hours of labor later we went back to stock. Maybe there are better choices now.
Answer your question?
I like the bikes. If you can get one cheap, great. The water cooled bikes are SO much better. Thats why the prices of the oil cooled bikes finally dropped.

I live in El Paso and after 11 years my bike looked just like new. I am fastidious but the El Paso weather was the main reason. Never had to ride it in the rain.

I'd give my left one for those wheels! You can have the rest of the bike!
Cheers!