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Howard
Ok, bite point. I pushed the pistons all the way back into their bores, then bled the system.
If I pushed the pistons back, then put a bleed block in that was slightly sanded down and operated the brake lever, thus allowing the pistons to crown slightly before bleeding - I'm guessing this would move the bite point to a shorter throw of the brake lever?
Context here is that I used to give my Shimano brakes a little push of fluid whilst nipping up the calliper bleed screw and that put the bite point in a much better place than if I just closed the system up without doing so (I was over-filling the system, according to Shimano).