front brakes

[GrahamB]

Feeling your pain. I would have cleaned the pistons without pushing them out any but it's a bit late for that I know. As for bleeding them I normally end up using 2 or 3 different methods. 3-4 quick pumps of the lever before releasing the pressure at the nipple whilst also tapping the brake lines should get "some" resistance at the lever eventually before tying the lever back over night. Just pumping the lever & holding it back with fluid reservoir lid off should bring bubbles to the surface but as you already know, it's a ball ache of a job which takes way too long. Replaced the front hose on my Fazer earlier this year using above method. Lever is rock solid now.  I have fitted blue spot front callipers & braided hose to one of my old FZ750s. It was the same story trying to bleed them too.  >: