Well, I was handwashing my bike a couple of days ago, and was rubbing the wheels down with a microfiber cloth and water (such a caustic substance). All of a sudden the chrome started peeling off in large pieces from the ($1000) wheel. I about had a heart attack. I have noticed for a while that the front right floorboard is wrinkling right next to the rubber strips. Geeeez. I guess you get what you pay for right?!? Anyway, it will be covered, and the guy at the shop who has a twin to my bike says he had a bad mirror also. Says it's hard to get the chrome process just right. C'mon.
Sooooooo...everyone please check your chrome. See if there is a pattern in our bikes. I hope there is not, but you never know. I thought in the back of my mind that maybe it was some salt that I got into, but the rear wheel is fine. That gets much dirtier than the front. The only piece I've ever had peel before was an aftermarket chrome dash on my '99 Road King. So this PISSES ME OFF!!!