Thought I would share my attempts at making bleeding the clutch easier. I already changed the slave cylinder but engaging first and second gears was still a little clunky and finding neutral was not always easy. I was convinced that there might still be air trapped in the master cylinder close to the clutch lever. This can be difficult to bleed out since the bleed point is located on the clutch slave down near the engine. I decided to add a high point bleed nipple at the master cylinder to help bleeding. Things are much better now & gear shifting is much improved. To do this you need a new Banjo bolt with a bleed nipple ( The thread size is M10 x 1 ) Take care to protect all the bike from the brake fluid that may leak out when the connections are broken. A brake bleeding kit with a non return valve is also quite handy. Once fitted you can bleed the clutch from two positions instead of one. Another trick that can be used to remove trapped air from the master cylinder without bleeding the system is to lean the bike over to the right as far as possible & work the clutch lever. Sometimes this frees trapped air in the master cylinder and allows it to bubble up into the clutch fluid reservoir. See the pictures attached.
