How do I remove the seat on an 84 Honda Sabre motorcycle

I have an 85 Sabre and was looking for an answer to this as well. I read the daniels solution. Not sure what Mr. Daniels is smokin but was he dead wrong. First, the helmet lock has nothing at all to do with this procedure. Why he thinks that is beyond me. Also, there is no "lever on the frame" to push forward.

So, after tugging a little here and there on my seat, I stumbled on the procedure. Here it is: 1) Remove the side covers off of each side of the bike. They are only held in place by grommets at 3 locations per side. A small tug at each of the 3 positions will remove them. 2) You will now be able to see a bolt on each side of the bike that secures the seat. Remove them. 3) Now it's technique time. The seat is now only held in place by a plastic tab and a steel tab. The plastic tab is part of the seat bottom at the front of the seat. The steel tab is on the frame of the bike. That steel tab goes into a slot on the underside of the seat. So here we go. Grab the back edge of the seat and firmly pull it rearward and slightly upward at the same time. That will disengage the molded slot on the underside of the seat from the steel tab on the frame. Once the seat has been disengaged from the steel tab, you can angle the seat upward. Once the seat is angled upward about 30 degrees, pull the seat in a rearward direction to disengage the plastic tab on the underside of the seat from the frame of the bike.

Since the air cleaner on a Sabre is underneath the fuel tank, all Sabre owners who do their own maintenace have to know how to remove the seat. One of the fuel tank bolts is hidden under the seat, The other two are on the front sides of the tank.

Do you have the key to unlock the helmet holder. Well it also keeps the seat locked. There is a small lever along the frame in the proximity to the lock. Push it forward. I think... Been long time but there is a lever and it releases the catch. From there, should be a clip or gromet that holds the seat to the fuel tank, there should be a few metric nuts that need removing and the seat should be off

Actually, Daniels wasn't smoking anything (i don't know daniels, maybe he/she actually is.???) Anywho, on the earlier Sabre models the helmet lock was associated with the seat, which was on a quick release. A pop of the lever and the seat comes right off, exposing the tail storage. You could lock the whole thing with the vehicle key too, so that you wouldn't come outside to find your seat gone. :)