Help! 2014 seat won’t pop off

[tod.branko_imp]

From what you describe, the seat latch is not retracting fully, as you can rattle the seat loop against the latch. I am assuming the latch is not opening enough to release the seat pin. Rather than destroy a seat or rear fender, I would cut the seat release cable ($8) as close to the seat lock as possible, cut away the outside sheathing, grab the inner wire with vise grips, and tug away.

That will leave you with the problem of removing the seat lock, which is held in by a break-away headed bolt that will need to be drilled out or extracted to replace the cable.

I concur with pulling on the cable manually, perhaps you can dismantle the lever mechanism and try from there as not to cut anything

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed