I'm a little miffed on why Honda would design a seat that takes a PHD to remove. Joking but the fact I have to remove the backrest and passenger handles to get it off seems lame as other bikes can have a seat off in less than 60 seconds. I do have an aftermarket backrest from Showchrome and wondered if the OEM backrest needs to be removed also. I'm having my seat modified by Bitchin Stitchen in Colorado unfortunately "after" my 3k mile trip next week but I definitely would like the back edge of the seat shaped to avoid removing backrest and rack.