17-10-11, 07:47 AM
When I recently rplaced my pads I did the same, although I managed to push the piston back in before all the fluid came out, but a small amount of air still got in so I also had soggy lever syndrome. I cracked open both bleed valves on the calipers to let a minimal amount of fluid & hopefulyy the air out which helped a little but didn't cure the problem so I did a search in the old forums and found a trick which resolved the issue for me - cable tie the lever to the bar then crack the banjo bolt where the line joins the master cyliner enough to let a bit of fluid out, make sure you put some cloth over the fairing & infill panel first. Apparently some air gets trapped at this point when bleeding the system and this is the best and possibly only way to get rid of it.