My new Vision is ready for her first set of replacements - tires and brakes.  I'm sticking with the OEM E3s, as I've gotten more acquainted with the bike now, and more opt to push the machine closer to her capabilities rather than holding back to mine.  That being said, I would like to better evaluate what the OEM tires can do.

Brakes, however, offer more choices than available answers.

What are your recommendations and findings on brake pads - which ones most closely represent OEM brakes, do you recommend organic versus scinted metal, what brake pads should I stay away from as they do accelerated wear to rotors, or worse, don't stop well, etc.

In short, I'm seeking the wisdom of those who have gone before me to guide me more intelligently in selection of brake pads.  (I don't much care for the double price of dealership pads)

I should correct my terminology.  It is more accurate to refer to internet's "half price" pads that I've found compared to the dealer's retail price instead of referring to dealer's "double-price."

I have also found multiple references to EBC brakes as being very "squeaky," which can happen to any brake installation if we don't properly use the clips/shims/brake grease.  I would guess that this is further enhanced by the scintered metal, which in my mind, says copper would help to contribute to vibration more than non-metalic friction surfaces.

The additional components in the kit do make me feel a little better on the value, but when I replace pads on my cars and trucks, I always reuse those parts and only replace the pads.

I appreaciate and thank you for your input.  I should expect to not go too cheap on the stopping power of a 20K machine weighing half a ton (which it does when I'm the saddle), but $65x3 is still more than I have paid to put brakes on any other vehicle.