Bizarre re your Fury.
I bought a Vulcan V spec 08 in Easter last year, slapped on a pair of 09 Magura Odurs, which I bought from
Chain Reaction for £200 - total price £397 and its been perfect and that is including being hammered around Ashton Court in Bristol.
I had a chain link break and the front changer needed replacing (£5 or £6) off Chain Reaction, but otherwise its been fine, even after a couple of thousand miles about 1/3 of which was off road.
I would definitely say that a Carrera V spec with these forks is better vfm, more rugged,lighter and faster than the Hardrock comp or sport that £400 would buy.
The price of the Fury wont even buy you a Rockhopper and that only comes with Darts and the Fury has Toras (now Epicon for 09).
At that price the best bike you can get anywhere IMHO is the
Decathlon Rockrider 8.1 with Toras, a high end frame and Avid Hydraulics all for £499 - Specialized/Kona/Marin/Trek and the like expect £800-900 for that kind of machine these days.