I de-linked my 2000 XX several months ago, and did it at no cost. Rather than install the linking hose on each wheel cylinder I removed the pistons and drilled linking passages between the piston bores. The front brake actuates the two outer pistons on both front and back, and the rear actuates all center pistons. It was a simple and quick procedure. There are enough left over banjo bolts to meet the needs when removing all the hoses, plus the stock hoses can still be used after all the excess hoses have been removed. For the LH fork floating caliper I fabricated a two piece arm similar to what is in the commercially available kit. This mod could be done in about four hours at no cost if you have some 3/16 or 1/4 inch aluminum and two 10mm X 1.25 bolts laying about.
I highly recommend this mod whether you do it yourself or install the kit. It literally transforms the brakes on this bike, plus shaves off four pounds of junk and cleans the appearance up considerably.
On bleeding: the initial bleed took a few minutes but I got even better lever feel by going back and bleeding each nipple one stroke of the lever after a few hundred miles and then again a third time after a few hundred more. Each time I got an additional bubble or two and now have a good lever feel.
