screwy brakes

It's almost certainly air in the system somewhere. As for bleeding, do a search and you'll find more than enough info.

are those disk brakes? . .they must be if they're hydrolic... . basically there is a little bolt with a hole in the top of it called the bleed valve. the easiest way to bleed is as follows. .. .slightly twist open the bleed valve and press your thumb down on it... pump the brake a few times, then pull the brake lever in and take your thumb off of the valve... oil and air should spit out. . then put your thumb back on and repeat until no air bubbles come out of the valve... then close it and you are done.... . . note: while doing this your resevoir level will lower, make sure there is always oil in the resevoir or you will end up with more oil in your system.. . .
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. . the fast way.. get a syringe type thing... fill it with brake oil, open the valve stick in the syringe and pump new oil back up through the system then close the valve.. . works flawlessly

instead of "you will end up with more oil in your system"
i meant "you will end up with more air in your system"

My guess would be the master cylinder is low on brake fuid. When you tilt the bike one way or the other you are either opening up the plunger to air or brake fluid. If the only air you have is up on the top of the system you really dont have to do much to bleed it.Fill the master cylinder up to its right hieght with brake fluid and then push the caliper gently against the rotor with your hand. Do this with the handlebar turned so that the master cyinder is at the highest point. Once you pushed the caliper all the way in look at the fluid in the master cylinder and make sure no more bubbles of air are rising up thru. When the bubbles stop rising slowly pump the lever until the caliper is filled with fluid and against the disc again. Tap the brake line a little bit just to help the air bubbles rise to the top and do the whole process again until you see no more bubbles. I woudln't crack the bleeder open at this point because air wants to go up. I feel it would be easier getting it out of the top if my assumption of the situation is correct.

Make sure you use the right type of brake fluid , make sure you get nothing in the master cylinder besides brake fluid. be careful not too make any mess. Besides the fact that brake fluid will ruin paint and plastic it will make it a lot easier to see if you have a leak if you don't accidently spill any.

jmics, do you mean compress or split apart the pads from the rotor?

the first thing I would do is to push the the caliper piston into the caliper, spreading the brake pads apart. That should force air that is on top of the sytem back into the master cylinder reservoir where it can bleed off. After the bubbles in the reservoir calm down pump the lever sowly until the pads close up again and then tap the brake line to try and force if any bubbles in the brake line back to the top and repeat the process from the start. Making sure that the plunger in the master cylinder is covered with brake fluid. If the air is on top of the brake line this process should get rid of it.

does this sound easier to understand?

Yes, thanks for clearifying that. Thanks for your help

THEY DO MAKE HYDR. DRUM BRAKES. WHAT'S ON THE REAR OF CARS AND TRUCKS

Yes, thanks for clearifying that. Thanks for your help

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your more than welcome sorry if my literary skills are lacking. heh takes me a lot longer to try and explain what I mean that it actually does to do what I am talking about.