DOT 5.1 will give you even better performance and is DOT 3/4 compatible.
(Note: DOT 5.1 is not to be confused with the silicone-based DOT 5)

Todd
'88 Westy

T Berk wrote:

> Pay attention to what John was saying-
>
> When bleeding the brakes you can toast your existing Master Cylinder by
> pumping too vigorously and pumping all the way to the floor.
>
> O-rings in M/C get scrapped up and bye-bye, buy a new one.
>
> btw- Folks have had great success with making a pressure bleeder with a
> gardening sprayer, a PSI gauge, a length of hose, a tire 'stem' with the
> core removed, and an old brake res. cap with a small hole drilled in it.
>
> Stem goes in new hole in cap, hose on stem, other end on bleeder, pump
> up to about 10 psi or so and crack open at the farthest corner from the
> M/C, then the next, then the next until you finish with the closest.
>
> DOT 4 is great stuff, ATE makes theirs in Blue and Red so you can see
> when you have flushed all the old stuff out.
>
> hth,
> TBerk