Are you sure you want ceramic pads? Do you ride on the streets?
..... That's only my experience. This and .65 will buy you a cup of coffee.
Most of us who ride on the street use HH pads. Easy on the rotors and a big improvement over the stock pads. I only run HH on the front, and stock pads on the rear.
Your friend is probably right, cause I ruin a set of rotors on my car. The tec. said the the pads are almost, if not harder then the rotors. The weakest of the two is worn first. That's only my experience. This and .65 will buy you a cup of coffee.
I've been using these sintered HH pads on the busa and the VFR800 and I can tell you they feel exactly like the EBC HHs
~$45 to your door for all 6 pads.