Hey guys this should be an easy one for you guys who have been around the block once or twice with these bikes.

I ordered a new set of EBC Break pads and rotors for the front and rear, I've changed breaks before on many different cars, even my 74 yamaha but i was wondering what the peferred method of compressing the piston back into the caliper. To do this on my yamaha i had to rebuild the caliper each time with new crush rings and gaskets.

Thanks

on my gs' in times past, id remove the caliper, remove pad, turn it around, facing caliper piston, and using a c clamp, compress VERY slowly. im sure ill be corrected for doing this. but have never had any issues

If they're not too gunked up, they're small enough to be compressed by hand.  Using a small piece of wood or a screwdriver can help. No need to rebuild

I pop pistons out and clean them and they push back in by hand.  Easy bleed if you do it right.  Previously I had front wheel lock-up a couple times and it was difficult to get home to fix.  Winter riding really builds up some hard crud on the brake pistons.  I clean pistons with those green kitchen pads until crud is all off.

Before i took the old pads out:
1. Stick any strong metal object in
2. Pry until cylinders are back in their original places
3. try not to bump the brake lever.

Ta daa
No bleeding necessary.

Im sorry but i have to... Its brake pads. Cars and motorcycles have brakes, not breaks. Sorry for being a grammar nazi.

As said before me, just stick a flat head screw driver in between the old pads and push them apart before installing the new ones. Done.

Just push them back in can work for the fair weather riders for quite a long time but sooner or later they'll get burned.  Best to make sure the pistons are clean before pushing them back in because there is nothing but the deflected o-rings to retract them after brakes are repeatedly applied and release in use and they will get a little tighter with each application until the wheel will no longer turn if they are stuck in the wipers.  Maybe my little Suzi just drinks too much salt water.   

Thanks guys for all the input!

Life is to short to care about other peoples spelling and grammar. 

Thanks!