HD prices are crazy anywhere. You can add a couple grand to any comparable bike if its an HD. Maybe more. But nothing sounds quite the same or feels as well built. And I've rode pretty much every brand.
I don't know much about bikes at all tbh, but old Hondas aren't so bad considering how cheap they are. I'm not talking about huge Goldwing types, but smaller stuff like the really old CB750 (like pre-1990s).