Plazmatic CRM's seem to be one of the best dry weather pads available and have been used by loads of people for several years. On a light/medium grind they hold well have a loud squeak and have a pretty good wear rate, they should be lasting somewhere in the region of 4-6 months. Koxx yellows also seem to be quite good pads with a deeper growl of a honk instead of the plazmatic CRM's squeak. The hold isn't quite as good but its definately useable and takes a lot of force to make them slip. They seem to have a very good bite to them as well, which is always good on a rear brake. The wear rate seems to be about the same as that of Plazmatics, althoughi havn't used them for very long so i could be wrong with that. Coust pads are also said to be very good and if you can afford them they are better in the cnc'd backings, but like i say they do come at a hefty price so that could be enough to put you off them. They seemed to have a very good hold to them and at first they had a bit of a squeak to them, a bit of a higher pitch than the CRM's but this wore off after the pads had bedded in and they only seemed to have a slight swoosh noise. The wear rate on them wasn't very good with them only lasting around 2 months so for the money they probably wouldn't be worth it. The heatsink red and blues also seem to be good pads although i havn't had much experience with them besides trying them on other peoples bikes. From what i could tell the blues sounded good but lacked hold and the reds held well but lacked sound. Of all the pads i would probably suggest that you use either the plazmatic CRM's or the koxx yellows, as they are both withing the same kind of price range.
