The lines are a Galfer two-line system, probably 8 years old. I ave done the bungee cord thing for 6 or 7 nights. At first I would get a bubble of air from one side or the other the next morning. Eventually that stopped. The first time I went for a test ride, the lever started out firm but after a few miles and several stops it was coming back to the lever again.
I ordered a master cylinder rebuild kit from my local dealer, and the parts guy suggested also replacing all the crush washers, so I did that also when I did the rebuild.
Basically I started over again with bleeding the system and doing the bungee cord thing, and I took it out today for another road test.
I would probably say the lever feels marginally better than when I started this ordeal, but it is certainly not up to what I would like compared to my other bikes (two FZ1s and an SV650).