So it was you with the dodgy clutch, Tortuga!
I was waiting for louigi to deliver my bike, but he said hwe had to sort out a clutch first.
Sounds like if you run a 999, you need to buy a brake bleeder to keep on top of it.
Seriously, it isn't good enough. I run a stock slave and master cylinder on my 748, and I can hardly recall any hydraulic issues with brake or clutch (except the crap rear brake, fair enough
) in 54k miles. I bleed the brakes occasionally, but I never touch the clutch hydraulics between services.