Yeah, old topic I'm sure but what gives- my wife's front pads are shot at 3.000 mi!  Dealer wants $40 for a new OEM pair.  This is ridiculous - now I understand why there's so much brake dust on the front end, the Suzuki pads wear like crazy.  Usually best practice is to match new pads to a new (refinished) rotor surface but I'm not going to have that flimsy Suzuki rotor turned down.  I guess we al have to live with this weak design.  Heck, my Ducatis had cast iron Brembo rotors that would last forever with stock pads.  Any suggestions?

I really like these ceramic pads.

http://www.i-bike.com/store/prdBuy.cfm?prd=1494