If money was no object, I would have a whole stable of steeds, from 3" to 10" each a different brand with top end specs on each...

*Wakes up and goes back to boring work*

Still this.

My dream bike:

2005/6 Giant reign

2008 Fox 36 Van R's

LX shifters with little windows smashed to bits or removed, wobbly LX mech in place of recently trashed XT.

Borrowed deore front disc (in place of recently trashed Hayes HFX9's) combined with a borrwed leaky and temperomental Hope Mini on the rear

Silver/black ti-railed WTB saddle now turned to the colour of sh!tty brown

Race Face evolve post complete with pock-marks from getting it seized in frame and having to hit saddle with large hammer

30mm borrowed FUNN DH stem that weighs feckin loads and is unsuitable for anything apart from steep DH

Rear knackered Alex DP20 laced with 31 spokes to an equally knackered DT hub

Front unusually new and un-broken DT 5.1 on Hope Pro11

Race Face Evolve scuffed-to-fcuk™ cranks with new "4mm sideways play" RaceFace BB

perfic!

Seven Sola or one of those Inependent fab jobbies.

Full suss would be a Foes.

*dribbles*

mmmm FOES...

$2,200.  Suggested to me that the Deluxe was an evolution of the original anyways and that's only $1,695!  Better tubeset overall too as they use some columbus pipes as well as 853.

Might continue my search for the right 'classic' Yo.... the last one that came up on ebay went  for best part of £600 and didn't look 'right' if you know what I mean.