The best "overall" pads I have found have the Honda part number on them, but there are others that I have had good experience with.

EBC sinitered were ok and stopped almost as good as stk but didnt wear as well, but should wear better if you ride more mud etc.

Magnum sinitered are being tested now and seem good so far (cant wait till the damn ice thaws to break them in better).

I have tried a few different brands in the softer compounds and though some performed well they just wear too damn fast.

I am not a super big fan of the sinitered material and look to the combo materials but just have not found one that I like yet, and allways seem to end up over paying for the stk honda pads. I advise anyone who is looking for the stk pads to check out ebay and service honda.com and this is the only place I have seen them priced right.

Recently picked up a pair of the stk honda pads on ebay for 12.00 shipped to my door, and the only thing wrong was that they didnt have more of them LOL