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Just hang on to that great weather I'm due back Tuesday morning for just over 3 weeks

Well done. Give it a good 'dealer's decoke' (thrash) when you get a chance to clear out any oil lurking in the cases, and carry a spare plug and plug spanner

The brake shouldn't be too hard to do as it is single disc, as long as the seals are OK. One of those 'one man' bleeding kits (bit of tube with a non-return valve) makes it easier.

could i use a syringe to suck the air from the nipple?

Scott_callaghan wrote:

could i use a syringe to suck the air from the nipple?

Oooh you sexy thing you Its not the way I normally do it but it should be possible if you have a good seal around the bleed nipple, just make sure you keep topping the master cylinder they are small and easy to empty

A syringe can be useful if refilling a completely empty system apparently. Not tried it myself, but after the age it took to work fluid through the YZ I might try it next time. More for forcing fluid in to the hose than sucking air out I think.

Some people swear by the Mityvac vacuum pump system though.

As John says just take your time and work new fluid through the whole sytem being careful to keep the master cylinder topped up.

I use one of these and a jam jar:
cgi.ebay.co.uk/280657901340

i did have a look at the vacuum pumps and i thought a syringe could do the same sort of thing. I will order a syringe from ebay as i couldn't find one in any shops.