Yes I would, my dads got three at home. He keeps threatening to let me ride one...
Its motorcycling from a different era and its part of the history of it. I quite like some of the older machines... I'd like Brough Superior or a Vincent Black Shadow would be quite tasty as well.
Yep Grinch, gears are on the wrong side and work on a "racing pattern" but if you go back to the really old stuff it can be any old mixture of levers and controls, my dad has a BSA 250cc single, from I think 1923, the throttle is a thumb lever on the right hand handlebar, the gear change is a hand lever on the fuel tank... everythings back to front.
You cant really call yourself a motorcyclist according to my dad till you've mastered a cold start of something like his Matchless G80... without it breaking the kick start spring or bending your leg the wrong way...
This is his Matchless
1948, 3 speed, 500cc single, has a twistgrip throttle but as you said, rear brake and gear lever are reversed as is the shift pattern ( just like a modern race bike. ) No rear suspension though...