Harley V-Rod vs Yamaha Stryker Side By Side Comparison, 0-60mph, Walk Around 

Compare whatever you want brotha, haters gonna hate regardless. My heart is with the stryker.

I am stryker all the way man. I own one same year and I has plenty of power. And yes is very comfortable.

Fun find. I actually own both these bikes. The v Rod has some great power. I love that it’s designed by porche - I think you can really hear it at the higher rpms. I think the Stryker likewise has awesome power. For me it feels stronger off the line. Both are great bikes. My choice. I like the Stryker better.

I have a 07 v-star 1300, same animal as the Stryker that came later. Upgraded exhaust, intake, and fuel controller. It's a beast. Gorgeous bike, love it!

My brother has a V Rod in his collection. I'd pick the V rod but I'm still loving my Switchback. Nice job.

I gotta go with the Stryker as well,got a 15,love it will never get rid of it, ride safe bro

I bought a Stryker last week and am loving how comfortable it is. I feel like I'm on a sofa when I ride. Love it!

We work with what we have. Keep up the awesome content and congrats on your new lil dude. Harley all day every day for me. Nos vemos 😎

This is why I love your chanel you compair anything and I love it

my first riding big bike is a VROD !.. and i fall in love with this bike ❤️

Jon’s videos are classics

I"M 5'6 goin from a 650 vstar to the stryker! Getting ready to testdrive!

Great comparison as I own a vrod and my buddy is looking at a Stryker. Just shared it with him.

Good comparison. Good video. Trying to find out all I can about the striker

Another great video bro! I’m lucky to have both in my garage, I have the 2012 Stryker same color as yours but I blacked out all “chrome” parts and 240 tire on the back. My 2012 VROD Muscle is a stage 2. Gotta admit that while the VROD muscle is a beast and a hoot to ride, I always enjoy riding the Stryker much better. It handles great for having that 21in front wheel, and agree that it is much more comfortable than the VROD. Hope you enjoy both!

love my yamaha stryker going on 3 years now been to newfoundland and back great ride

Beautiful video powered by some fact based comparisons. I just sold my voyager 1700 and these days looking for a chopper like vrod Stryker or a fury. Your video has addressed most of my queries concerning the mentioned bikes and I now see myself better positioned to decide which one to go for. You have just won a loyal subscriber 😊

Excellent comparison. Love the V Rod..

Loved loved my night rod special, just an AWSOME bike. Once I started riding any kind of distance it just wasn’t too comfortable. But damn fun to be on.

Enjoyed the video. I have owned both. I love the power of the VRod, but would choose the Stryker for the comfortable ride.

V-Rod for the win! 👨‍👩‍👧 ❤

I have a night rod and a Stryker. I put about 2500 miles more a year on the Stryker because i enjoy riding it more than the vrod

Cool review! When i was in the market my choices were between M109R BOSS and VRod Muscle. I ended up picking up the Suzuki for various reasons, but it's good to see comparisons of bikes i haven't considered!

My vote for the Stryker, better looking more reliable.

Thanks for the info brother, I’m buying my first bike and for some reason at 5.6 l always get back to the Yamaha Stryker

I own a VRod. It is a great bike, so fun to ride, fast, and historically super reliable.

Got my vrod pretty cheap used with good miles coming from sports bikes to this helped ease the pain of slowing down a bit lol and it's a fun bike for spirited riding still

The fact that you own TWO of my dream bikes, the others being Vulcans, this is a treat to watch. Japanese Cruisers RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great comparison video 👍🏻 love the V Rod... just subscribed

Love my purchase bro appreciate it!

Thanks for this. I'm a noob to the bike world. Got my 2018 indian scout sixty last year. I have all if 6200 miles of experience. Interested in checking out other bikes, more cruisers than anything. Triumph Bonneville bobber has my interest as does the M109. See ya soon.

Corbin makes a custom seating with two back-rests and panniers for the Fury, Honda's Striker; so that would be quite an amalgam of priorities, a chopper loaded up with bourgoise highway travel specs. I looked it up because I was thinking about what it really means for a person's back on these chopper style bikes for hours at a times. Me, no toasted leg please and sit me either upright or against something until I know better.

I am a Harley Davidson fan ( but now I like Indian more than HD). The power of V rod is awesome. But by look wise, I like Stryker very much. And I think Stryker is more comfort to ride when compared to v rod.

I have vrod..balanced blueprints stroked ported polished heads..stainless valves..191 rear wheel.hp..131 torque. Bought it cause I had to..beast of a Harley..

Love that stryker looking forward to get one for the next summer

I had a 2006 Warrior and sold it to buy a V-Rod Muscle. I couldn't imagine going to a slower bike like Stryker after owning a Warrior.

The night rod you have here is the older model with the 1130cc motor. The updated model with the more angular rear fender, and smaller headlight visor has the 1250. The difference isn’t super noticeable. I had a 2014 NRS. Thing was a blast!

Many people worry about the plastic fenders, or engine covers. Why? Actually plastic is much better to cut weight. There are high tech plastics even stronger than steel. Some of the Harleys are unnecessarily heavy. I know you can't customize plastic much, but after you paint it, they exactly look like a metal. I wish my FAT BOB has some plastics to cut the 320 kg

Rod. Love em.

Interesting comparison. Never owned a metric cruiser like that yamaha, so when you started tapping on the plastic parts I was surprised and entertained. It very much altered my perception. I just assumed it was all metal. I hate to call it cheap, cause still looks hella fun... And half the cost of an HD.

Night rods from 2012 and up have the controsl a little closer to the rider. I'm 5'7 and test drive a 2011 NRS and the controls were to far of a reach. Ending up buying a 2012 NRS and it's very comfortable.! I'm from Phoenix and love the channel Jon

I like them both, but as a short chick, I'd have to do a lot of modification in order to be able to ride either. I wouldn't mind seeing some videos highlighting some decent cruisers for us vertically challenged folk.

Torn between the 11+ vrod series or a yamaha raider. I come from sportbikes so id like something fast-ish but alos comfortable for toruing but good in corners. Not sure which?

I love the looks of both bikes! I hate that asian cruisers have this stigma here in America that they're not true cruisers unless they're Harleys. Harleys are also made with asian parts, just FYI. China, Japan, Austria, Italy, and Mexico is where they get their parts from. Either way, when it comes down to it, I would rather own a Yamaha than a Harley. No crazy vibration or overheating issues when city cruising.😎

Dude I love the V-Rod" it's got plenty of power especially on the interstate, I think the striker is a good looking bike" I've personally never ridden one" but maybe I will run across one for sale and take it for a ride. I just have to ask you about a Vmax and get your personal opinion on it. I have been riding or driveing anything and everything with wheels on it" since the age of five, that's when I got my first Motorcycle it was a little Honda CR60R and I had to use a milkcrate or steps to get on it. I was racing my Kawasaki KX 250 on local tracks when I was 13 and thought I was going to go pro" but my family's construction company went through a tuff time back then. I got my first Street bike in High School" even though I was already riding my Father's Goldwing when he was out of town when I was 12 lol . My first Street bike was a Brand new 1987 Yamaha FJ-1200 , I loved it until I got out run by an 86 V-Max " and the guy riding it was my best friend that Everyone called Big Bobby" he was 6 foot 7 380 lb, at the age of 17 , we had been playing on the same football teams since Pop Warner that's why I New how big he was. Dude this guy was the baddest mother f**** in the state of Georgia on a street bike" we would all go up on Sand Mountain to ride it had the best curves you have ever seen' and before Big boy got that New V-MAX I would leave their ass in the dust, those were some great memories" they'd be about 5 of us rideing. I finally got my VMAX after I graduated from high school, my father wouldn't let me get one until my Mother and him ask what kind of car did I want as my graduation present and I said I want a Brand new Yamaha V-MAX and that's what I got. After we played around on straight a ways in which case I was smoking his big ass, we get up on the mountain and he still got me, this guy could do a power wheelie at over 100mph, I was good on my FJ hell I would torque it up in 2nd and go through the gears on it, but that Dam V-max just had so much more torque and at higher RPMs. Sorry about telling you my life story I just thought that we had a couple of things in common, I know you have already ridden a V-Max , but have you ever owned one?

Dang!!!! Those sound like massive engines. Oh and Dooood!!! I think the V-rod would have been better compared to the Honda Grom. ( and don’t tell me you don’t have one of those in Jons moto garage ) 🤘

Which one is more comfortable for riding 2 up? I assume the Stryker based on the seats. 🤔

I'd like to see the vrod vs the low rider s

two of my favorite bikes. had a stryker, always wanted a vrod. stryker was a lot of fun. my first crusier and didnt want to spend all that money on a harley. now I have a roadking, but wouldnt mind getting another stryker down the road just for fun.

As long as wind blows and the motor thumps we all winners aren’t we

Getting the v rod and I have a warrior so I'm really hoping for a good highway cruiser.

Hey, I'm looking for a beginner bike and went to all the shops nearby and could not find anything that fit me. I'm 6'3 / 6,4 (in between ish) and weight about 300 lbs. I'm 20 years old and looking for a first bike. There is a 2016 Yamaha Stryker with 2000km for sale near me. Would the bike be a good fit. Are parts easier to find. Is it reliable. Will I make the bike look like a grom? Thanks

Good review man 👍 I'd pick the Harley for sure , what is that straight bar going up on the right side of the engine . Being around the import bike , I never was thrilled with the plastic chrome or the fake looking parts that are just covers

Like your vids but I think it would be helpful if you added the "average" or "blue book" value of the bikes when doing a comparison video.

v-rod is a pain in the ass to find decent bags

Love those videos🔥 keep doing them!!! Is the vrod faster than the fatbob 114?

Idc what people say, Night Rod is still my dream bike :) Yes, the bike won't go like 400km/h like the H2R and not THE most reliable engine in the world. I just like the styling and the sound. Especially with V-Rod's tail light

I got a murdered out nightrod and wouldn't trade it for the world but that is a sexy bike! The Yamaha isn't bad either..

Vrods here in Australia are selling for 30K plus, it's insane.

I’ll go with the night rod

I would like to see you test a Street rod one of the forgotten vrods.

Great comparo.I have own 3 V-ROD's in the past and the Stryker is a model that I am very interested but I am on the fence because both models are now discontinued. What about if you need an engine part?

How is the raider vs the warrior for power? I had a warrior a while back and bought a stratoliner 113 now wishing for that same feel.

How was your ankle on that V-rod? That pipe always heated my leg uncomfortably and I wear over ankle boots. I'd probably be nursing burns in those tennies.

I had a buddy that had a Stryker, they're pretty awesome, but even with a tune my Vrod left him in the dust..but it's not always about speed and they ride really well

Stryker, good looking bike!

Hi I like that , I like to see v rod and m109r if you can thanks

I thought you would use a raider for the comparison.

Harley’s definitely mastered the art of making a motorcycle feel expensive, their build quality is very premium feeling. Yamahas are decent motorcycles though, if you’re on a budget and just want 2 wheels there’s nothing wrong with them.

2:15 ofcourse you can compare those bikes, both has the same Orange colour ! LOL

There is a learning curve on the Stryker, when you hit 60 you should be in 2nd and holding on cause about a sec after hitting 3rd you'll be at 85..........and when yoou can't stop doing this you decide to get rid of it cause you gonna lose that license never rode a V-rod I put a 240 on the Stryker, slowed it down just a wee bit, but opposite what everyone says, it handled curves way better than the 210.

you need to look at your camera that everytime you do close ups it's blurry. hell the whole time you did it is blurry.

The Vrod has 120 hp. The Yamaha 68hp. No comparison on Power, but my Stryker is the Smoothest and most balanced bike I have ever owned.

Did you ever try an old school honda magna?

I like the VRod engine but that seating position really sucks for a performance oriented bike. That engine in a Livewire chassis might be fun though.

Harley all day

Stryker sounds beastly but I’m biased towards the Nightrod.

I was going to buy a striker but now since there’s so much plastic on it I think I’d rather have a Harley it sounds a lot better

Harley is really a Porsche engined machine

Metrics motorcycles is more reliable, than imperial.This is my personal opinion. I love Japanese motorcycles.

I’ve got the Stryker and I’ve test ride two vrods and still have a huge crush on them but they just didn’t feel insanely faster than my stryker. That was getting off the yamerhaw, on the Harley and back on the Stryker. And I personally dislike the tone of exhaust on the vrod. I also dislike the finish on the vrod motor. But who, how and why it was built fascinates me. And I absolutely live the style. I just haven’t been able to justify the $ it’s cost to get it but hopefully soon. My stryker is custom painted with the warshark paint and to look like plane panels, headlight swapped and 240 on the rear. The Intake, exhaust, tune and pulley swap on the Stryker makes a huge difference in speed. And it has the amazing tone and seating position. While the vrod has me crushing hard the Stryker is just too perfect to dislike

jjohn should find a zx12r

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Stryker all the way

Can’t please everyone.

In Australia you can buy 3-4 yammys for the nightrod

Stryker all day

dude you should have compared this bike with another bike lmao!

stryker all the way..i like the engine better and the style better(also i cant stand the scoliosis seating position of the vrod....i already dont like forward controls but then if you make me stretch forward up there too to reach the bar im out)

Stryker all the way!

V-Rod

The v-rod motor is from Porsche so it's not a harley v-twin. I have a burnt orange muscle and it is a beast. That 240 back tire can take so hard launches!!

I had two VRods and I took the Srtyker, the Victories, and the warrior to school. I promise the VRod will smoke the Warrior they would hunt me down to run and it didn't go well for them . At 5 grand tha VRod will pull like a train and the front tire gets real light....... That Revolution engine was a monster!....Ride hard or stay home😎

That V Rod engine was engineered with the help of Eric Buell and Harley Davidson originally wanted Eric to use it in his Buell Motorcycles but the engine was too bulky for a sport frame. The V rod was born, great bike but purist never caught on and as you can tell, the sound is pretty far off from your original 4 valve air cooled engine. I'd take the HD though all day and twice on xmas.

Notice reliability was mentioned metric bikes are know for reliable the Harley not so even the vrod which is designed bye Porsche doesn't have the reliability as the metrics

Why do you prefer the harley if the riding position is so uncomfortable? Looks is not everything.

Yamaha 💯 beaucoup plus jolie et surtout beaucoup plus fiable,j'adore mon 1854cc c'est une bête de performance 😉😏

Focus problems

That Stryker is just slow because I've 1 that's a 2011 and all blacked out and she will walk the dog on both of them. I'm not saying it to be that kind of guy because I'm not that guy but it TRULY will. I bought my Stryker from someone and she is SUPER FAST!!!!!!

Why even bother having any speed comparison of any cruiser in the first place? So that guys with heavy pigs can have dreams of going faster than a sport bike?