Removing Stock Seat?

Hi there all!

I've just received my Utopia backrest and what a beautifully made item it is!!!

Unfortunately, the temperature here in Vienna is currently a fixed 0 degrees centigrade! Brrrrrrr!!

"No problem" I thought, I will simply remove the stock seat and bring it indoors to do the work required. mmmmmmm

Not so easy! I've just taken a look at what I would need to do to remove the seat and it really doesn't look as straight forward as I had hoped! The bolts near the seat's hinge seem almost unaccessable, and the dampening truss rod doesn't seem to have any bolts or screws to remove it at all!

Help, anyone?

SteVe

Pin out from shock.
Four 10 mm nuts removed
Pin look like ..picture...pull up