I hear similar stories when I'm on my motorcycle also. The strangest people come up to you and tell you how fast their motorbikes were back in the day. Suprisingly a lot of old farmers dig sportbikes more than Harleys, "them damn noisy things".
I've had Lyme's twice, both times antibiotics killed it before it got too out of control. I have an infection from a crash that I'm working on killing right now. Life is like that.