The manufacture has paired them so I assume they've got it right.
Doh, it's the Versa levers, not ones I've used but my understanding is your calipers should be silver(I believe), if they are then it's not cable pull. Or at least it's only cable pull if the are quite different to other road levers.
Well I'm stumped, the amount of lever pull I get, mentioned above, is after I've dialled the pads out further than just not rubbing. So about 3 clicks away from the point there is noise, on both sides. That's personal preference I can adjust them so that they bite with a lot less lever travel, but that feels a bit too on/off to me.
I followed the advice from Gregs link in post #9, even buying a dremel tool to square the cable outers and using Goodridge compressionless outer. Apart from the usual familiarisation process with a new product my only issue was the brake tabs misalignment I mentioned as well.
Maybe worth a search to see if others have had issues with the alfine shifter paddle or the cable pull of the levers.