Continuing - So what did you do to your bike today...?

[KiwiCol]

BTW, one way valve for bleeding, will give it a try for $7. I have vac bleeder,prefer old skool way so might suit me.

I brought one of those a while ago myself, haven't used it yet, just sitting with the other bike bits I accumulate.  I've also got a vac bleeder & a air system.  The air one works better than the vac one, used it on the Merc with good results & efficiency.  On the bikes I just usually pump the lever, it's such a small system after all.

[Kiwifruit]

Have used a big syringe and some clear hose, then pulled it through from the caliper nipple. Found it sucked a bit of air from around the nipple but it did the job. Will get some better quality silicone hose before I do it this time.

[Hooli]

I just remove the bleed nipples fully, top up the res & wander off for 5-10mins. Give gravity chance to do it's thing. You'll come back to fluid oozing from the calipers & then just bleed them as normal.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

BTW, one way valve for bleeding, will give it a try for $7. I have vac bleeder,prefer old skool way so might suit me.

might try one of those as well...cheers Grog

[Eric GSX1400K3]

BTW, one way valve for bleeding, will give it a try for $7. I have vac bleeder,prefer old skool way so might suit me.

I brought one of those a while ago myself, haven't used it yet, just sitting with the other bike bits I accumulate.  I've also got a vac bleeder & a air system.  The air one works better than the vac one, used it on the Merc with good results & efficiency.  On the bikes I just usually pump the lever, it's such a small system after all.

yep, system too small for a vac bleeder imo, plus i like to feel the lever and see when the res gets low, reckon it would happen too fast on a vac bleed.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Have used a big syringe and some clear hose, then pulled it through from the caliper nipple. Found it sucked a bit of air from around the nipple but it did the job. Will get some better quality silicone hose before I do it this time.

tried that too, too much air from the nipple thread, but its still a fast way to clean out the system

[Eric GSX1400K3]

I just remove the bleed nipples fully, top up the res & wander off for 5-10mins....

...and weed the driveway perhaps?

On the Beemer, the clutch runs a mineral hydraulic oil, its so thin you can do the gravity bleed so easy

[Hooli]

..and weed the driveway perhaps?

Crazy talk!

[KiwiCol]

Weed lives matter . . .

[Hooli]

They aren't weeds, it's a small wildlife refuge.

[Mr Gee]

What we call flowers, are only weeds from other countries.

While what we call weeds are simply, our own natural flowers.
 

[Mr Gee]

Mr gee, these little testers are to test reader/antenna.Videos on you tube about them.

So, they do work on the K5 but don't bother, they are a waste of time. 

Only does exactly, the same job, as the little red light that is on the antenna anyway. 

not to worry, only £5 wasted, worth a try. 

[MickyJB]

BTW, one way valve for bleeding, will give it a try for $7. I have vac bleeder,prefer old skool way so might suit me.

I used one of them to bleed the brakes on my ZZR1200, it worked fine though took a while to get the fluid flowing to begin with ... lots of little squeezes on the levers.

[Hooli]

I've always found those one-way valves a pain, even on cars. Could just be me though.

[grog]

Just wondering if worth the effort, oil change time, dropping line off oil cooler, how much extra drains??