Originally Posted by botters

they can be a pain in the ass to bleed from a completley dry system yes but perseverence pays off, i have an electric bleeder kit that i use so there is no chance of air or worse still water being pumped in like on vac/compressor systems, plus its powerful enough to have all four bleed nipples open at once till you start getting a bit of fluid through then do them one by one.
if you are really struggling you can bleed them by opening each union one by one on both the master and the abs pump till you get fluid at that union then move onto the next until you finally get down to the brake then bleed as normal. messy job tho lol! just try to keep the res full at all times
sometimes i find spinning the opposite wheel with the engine running helps as it thinks the wheel that isnt spinning is locked up and can get the actuators pulsing