Thanks for all the tips, those things are on there really tight. It was hard to get to the ones under the cusion on the back rest, but once I took the cushion off it was pretty easy, and not too hard to break them loose. In fact I didn't really struggle with that part. I am not sure why it is so hard to break those loose. Maybe I do just need more leaverage. Anywho, I am having a blast riding, and have already went on a long trip. About 2800 miles round trip! And the back rest was really handy for that to strap down the sleeping bag, and provided me a backrest of my own!!  Thanks for the tips, and I will let you know when I get the sucker done! Will I have to remove anything else once I get them loose??

I don't know if I am doing this right at all. Maybe there is a diagram or a step by step. How to remove a backrest for dummies or something. I will have to look for that, or take the bike to someone that is smarter than myself!