Most of the problem with the chrome is not really Harley problem, as discussed on this board before, EPA has almost made Chrome a thing of the past. It is very difficult to do chroming and be legal, add in that our bike wheels are aluminum which is major more difficult that steel even back when it was possible to do it without legal issues, now almost impossible.
But if you buy a bike, or own one you don't care about (ie: Do not physically wash) the wheels will begin to fail a little quicker than other parts due partially to brake dust, which is metallic particles, building up and then "rusting" as they decompose on your wheels which accelerates the chrome decomposition.
So not all a HD problem, as much a maintenance/ecology problem as a poor chroming problem.