Thank you, Max, for your informative, and enlightening, videos regarding the 2018+ Honda Goldwing. It's really great seeing you, and Chris Dikmen of Cruiseman's Garage, doing GREAT videos for Goldwing owners to work on their own their Goldwings. Considering $100.00, or more, for dealer labor costs, we Goldwing owners can save a few dollars, especially on regular maintenance and enhancement of the Goldwing experience. Today, in fact, I watched your "emergency key" video and I was able to remove the "saddlebag rear center cover" which hides the emergency key. :) Thank you, again! dan in sonora, california
Mine happens when it's been in the heat all day while I'm at work,usually I get it open up but today it just didn't want to open up for nothing. I will try your method and see. Thanks for the advice.
Max, thanks for inspiring me again. I looked at the manual to see if there was any information on opening the left saddle bag manually, and on page 187, it describes how to use the Emergency Key to open the left bag, and from there, there is a release knob to open the right bag if it is stuck. Because they have a procedure in the manual for stuck saddle bags, that is probably why Honda wants to deny warranty work. It also tells me they new it was a problem, because they put it in the manual. What not just make it work right all the time? Honda knew about this for sure. Thanks for the inspiration always!
I had that issue on mine after installing the saddlebag marker lights. It worked fine before installing them but bag stuck after the install. I was going to try something similar to this awesome fix but, for the heck of it , I loosened the metal latches on the top of the inner shell that I had removed during the light install. Leaving them slightly loose, I shut the bag and tried to open it again. It worked perfectly. I tried tighten the latches several times moving them slightly around until I got it to work correctly every time. So I got lucky, my issue turned out to be the metal latch things were out of adjustment. There was quite a bit of play available in them.
The problem I am fixing here isn't related to the latches. The latch system will release, but the door stays stuck due to the warped inner liner. You can check quickly by bring the door up and if it hits the rubber bumper instead of passing over it, you have this same problem and the door function can be improved.
Great information. My 2018 air bag model has the same problem on the same side. Will now attempt the fix as you have described. Thank you for the time you dedicate to these minor issues.
Max, tks you rock, both bags were flawless until one of the gas struts failed and was replaced under warranty, after that the right bag unlocked but wouldn't open. I went the cheap route using some left over wooded shims. Slide them in snap them off. Opens every time now. thanks again
I happened to have a sheet of 1/8” thick cork gasket. I made 3 shims the size of a matchbook and wedged them into the space at the top where you indicated. Seems to have worked for now, Thanks for the video!
I had the same issue on the starboard (right) saddlebag door. After many attempts at correcting the problem. The solution on my door turned out to be tightening the screw on the front latch (on the bike saddlebag not the lid/door) a 1/4 turn. Opens flawlessly every time now.
The cover inside the left saddle bag appears to be less assembled. Actually, I saw that part several times when I installed cb etc. And in Korea, when saddlebags are exposed to sunlight on a hot summer day, plastic and bumper guards expand and do not open.
Great video! On my 2019 tour, my left bag drags some but opens fine with the botton. My issue is that the emergency key doesn't fully release the latches on the left bag. I couldn't find a video on adjusting those latches. Do you have one?
I have a 2021 and I have this problem with my right saddle bag. I tried the quick fix thing but couldn’t get it to work. In fact I think I made it worse. I’m going to try your heat gun method but a little unsure about trying it on a brand new bike. Seems it may take a little more skill and fineness than I may have.
Max you mentioned to stick something between the inner plastic and outer cover... that seems to me would make the matter worse. I have 2018 gw .. it just happened today July 27 2020 it’s 97 Hot degrees in nyc where I am... apparently the inner or outer door is melting....
They need some webbing or support structure under the painted plastic cover to fix it permanently. However, the trick of wedging something in between the paint and the inner door works well, because the inner door is relatively strong, whereas the painted part is thin and soft.
Max, I’m having the same issue with my right saddle bag not opening with the button, however it will open when the cable from the left saddle bag is pulled. Was this the case with yours?
I was wondering as another shadetree fix if you could put a small washer as a shim between the inner and outer cases on the bolt. Also Harbor freight sells a low price heat gun.
You would have to glue the washer in place, as there no way to retain it while you are trying to install it. By the time you have the outer cover removed, you might as well just heat it and fix it.
@@Traxxion Probably so, but you know when you spend so much on a bike you hate to spend $20 on a heat gun LOL. That might be the thing that pushes you into bankruptcy!!
Thanks Max. Very interesting and useful. Actually, I've a problem with the right door but only when the temperature is warm and the bike stays under the sun. Seems not to be the same problem.
Ok, kind of a different "shade tree" solution, but since the inner liner is pulling the outer shell down, and the inner liner is attached to the outer shell by that one screw in the middle, couldn't you simply remove that screw? That would allow the outer shell to stay in its correct shape, not pulled down. I realize it's a bit of a short term fix, but I think it would work. Thanks for the vid!
Great video. Just bought a leftover 2019. Have you heard of this problem with the 19 model, is it only the left side and what would be the reason for 1 side and not the other if that is the case? Thanks
I have only seen left doors. I can assume they were ejected from the mould before they had cooled sufficiently to hold their shape. I don't recall if I've seen it on a 19.
Great information , maybe someday I might have to do that, anyway maybe you or a subscriber could give me some advice on best way to get that sticker off gas door I'm a little hesitant I don't want to scratch
Little questions I have a 2020 goldwing I just started having slite problem closing both . Tords the back of the door it's a little small gap I try adjusting the hinges really didn't work. May I ask what could I do.
My left saddle bag door is stuck and will not open. I see you’ve got a fix for it once it’s open but how do you get it open? I opened the right saddlebag and pulled the cable so I could manually open it and it still won’t open? Can the bottom pins be removed while the saddlebags door is closed to then unhinge the top?
The cable that opens the left door, is user the Emergency Access Key under the trunk, and above the licence plate. There's no way to get to the hinges with the doors closed.
Oh man, you are doing such great videos! I'm still driving my 1500 and planing on changing next year to the new once. Do have any information, if something will change on 2021 at the bike?
Hi Jurgen, Honda will RARELY, if ever, change any detail on a bike once it goes into production other than colors. I would not anticipate that the 2021 will be any different than any other year.
@@Traxxion betwenn 2018 and 2020 they changed the color in some parts of the white one in a way, dont like very much. There is much more black and top less chrome......(ecspellaly the exhaust system) By the way: greetings from Germany! Do you know, in there is any differenz to a german (or European) Model?
@@jurgenniklaus4046 yes the colors have changed, and I like the black look for me. I do not know the differences between the Euro and German models, sorry! I have been to Germany once for a short visit, I liked it a lot!
@@Traxxion by the way: im the one, who was talking to you about export to Germany a view days ago.... I saw the video from the green once you builded; exzellent work!
@@Traxxion Thanks for your answer and I feel sorry for you in the "land of the free" for having such abysmal consumer rights. If I should haved that case or any other in germany ,be assured that Honda will haveto fix all the rubbish they produce within the warrenty time. After all they are not getting any inferior money from me are they. Keep up the good work you are a pool of knowledge for me and many other I think.
Hi Max. I have a 2018 tour DCT and the battery went dead. When I tried to use the key to manually open the left saddlebag, the right side latch opens but the left side doesn't. Do you have a fix for that?
It only opens one door. Then inside by the latch is a cable you pull to open the other bag. Then in that bag is a cable you pull to open the trunk. But I think you have it backwards. Key opens left trunk. Left trunk opens right, right opens trunk.
@@Traxxion The saddlebag has 2 latches. So when I turn the key to open the left bag, the rear latch comes loose but the left or forward latch doesn't. When the battery is charged, the door opens with the push button but doesn't release both latches with the key. That is what I am looking to fix.
@@PARDNKD OK. Try turning the key as far as possible. The spring tension gets very high, and the head of the key is so small there isn't much to hold to twist. If that doesn't get you in, I'd have to look further.
I have tried turning the key to the point that it was flexing and I didn't want to break it. That is why I am looking for someway to fix it. I appreciate your help.
@@PARDNKD Next step would be to loosen the metal latch loops and adjust them into different locations. They only have a little bit of slack in the holes, so it may just require a tweak. There is only one cable going to the entire mechanism, so if you can't get it to work, Honda would have to replace the latch system under warranty.
Warrenty claim report !!! I do feel so sorry for you in the land of the free. You have this problem in germany within the 2 years of warrenty and you get that kind of an answer all hell would break loose. If it does not work the way it should do.then you Honda fix it you produced this shit the get it right.
Does this information go back to the great company called Honda so they can fix the shit they produce for a fortune.How can a dealer decline to fix a problem they intentionaly caused
