"""So unless they were parked in a shed after their first season of racing or sold to a collector, they don't necessarily have all of their original parts. ""
I agree ... I currently own one of the last 32 888 Corsa built during 1994. The bike is always 100% original after few races . End of 1994, it's been stored an usued.
I've got the technical documents for this item from Ohlins France. Only a few of these forks references FG.9341 have been imported in my homecountry. According to Ohlins, some calipers brackets support didn't resist to the brake power, especially with carbon brake disks, unusable after 1994 ...
This following pic "speaks" to me ...