Just judging by craigslist and ebay, seems like these bikes routinely go for twice the price in california as elsewhere. But then everything's more expensive here. I saw a gorgeous 350 twin on clist here recently for $650 and it was gone in like two hours. I might have overpaid for my bike, ($1300) but then it runs great, looks decent (if you can ignore the yamaha mufflers) and is pretty much the bike I've always wanted. 10,400 miles on the clock and all I've had to do on it is little stuff so far. True the '70s bikes are trendy, hence the scrambler and whatever else, but man I'll take an old honda over an old brit bike anyday, as far as reliability, finding parts and wrenching.
