So with your permission and interest I will scan a few and present them here for your amusement. This batch dates back to the Eighties, and seem to be from around Pebble Beach, Laguna Seca, Salinas, etc. We stayed with our college buddy Bob and Leslie, so...
We had one of those (a 505STI). Something on it was always broken, but it always ran. Thanks for posting the pictures. Especially with your commentary, they are a treat.
Laguna Seca and spent a lot of time at that vantage point of the Cork Screw. I remember watching John Kocinski (250cc GP champ that year) go down it doing a wheelie the entire way. Left turn-right turn with the front wheel never touching the ground! Also ...