When vacuum bleeding or pump bleeding with check valve type bleeder fittings, always use pipe paste on the bleeder threads, or you suck small amounts of air into the system.

I find that a "little giant" hand held vacuum pump to be good for a "one person" operation.

Remember, all of that pumping-pumping-pumping of the brake pedal puts wear on all of the M/C parts.....Most racecar techs would hang you if you pump the brakes because it scores an aluminum cylinder easier than a cast iron one.

Their method is to just press down once, bleed. Release, wait a sec., press down and bleed. It takes a lot of patience, but you wind up with less wear -and-tear on your expensive parts.