Thanks for clearing that up. I had just assumed that it was another way of saying that you were "effing" with it or something to that extent.
I was a member of the ST Owners Club at the time this originated so it is pretty well engrained in me. I don't remember if it was Pete who coined it, but it seems to me that it was in use earlier than 1997. Back then, it was an email list as web pages hadn't come into common use for enthusiast groups.
Historical Note: The founder of STOC, Derek Catt was unfortunately killed on his ST and his father, George Catt took up some of the work of running it. I met George at a campground in North Carolina once during an EASTOC event. He was riding a nice VFR 750 at the time. The bikes were fast and heavy (at over 700 lbs.) and they had a history with new riders of going wide in the turns when they ran out of tire bite. All that centrifugal force had to be resisted by the centripetal force of the tires. Often centrifugal force won and the rider hit the trees. I can remember people counting the bikes as they returned to the campground from a spirited ride kind of like counting the B-17's returning to England after a round trip to Berlin. How many would there be? Who could be missing?