Try pumping the brake lever very slow with the top of master cyl off & caliper valve shut. Check for bubbles at master cyl.

 

There is a certain way to bleed this Honda Linked Brake system in order to have it work right. Go here

http://tech.bareasschoppers.com and follow his step by step to bleed the front brakes

 

I recently had to work on the brakes on the GTO and I got a set of Speed Bleeders by Russell Performance. Not the best things since sliced bread, but close. Made it real easy to thoroughly flush all the brake lines out.

 

Loss of pressure

After about 2,000 pumps, I was finally able to build up pressure. Thank you for the feedback guys!

 

I went to HF and bought a Vacuum pump for bleeding the brakes and clutch. It sure made the job easy on the clutch. Next I'll be doing the brakes.

 

I think I'm going backwards. I used a vacuum bleeder, one of those hand pump gadgets, last time I changed fluids and didn't really like the way it preformed. Sometimes it would pull the fluid nice and smooth and sometimes not. I felt that maybe it was bleeding too fast and could have caused air pockets. I got everything done with no problems I just wasn'st comfortable with the tool.So this time around I think I'm just gonna hand pump everything the old fashioned way and see if I get a better result.

 

I think I'm going backwards. I used a vacuum bleeder, one of those hand pump gadgets, last time I changed fluids and didn't really like the way it preformed. Sometimes it would pull the fluid nice and smooth and sometimes not. I felt that maybe it was bleeding too fast and could have caused air pockets. I got everything done with no problems I just wasn'st comfortable with the tool.So this time around I think I'm just gonna hand pump everything the old fashioned way and see if I get a better result.

Yes this is the only thing you really need

 

Shouldn't have taken that many to get pressure up. Did you go by the Bleeding brakes write up at BareassChoppers? The VTX has a unique system and it needs to be bled in a specific way to get the air out;
http://tech.bareasschoppers.com/brakes/bleeding-brakes-vtx-1800/

 

Did my 1800 today, had wife pump the lever and pad, I did all of them and it didnt take that long.