Handlebar Grip Glue

[jimster]

Hi all,

The heated handlebar grips on my bike are loose - on both sides. I've read conflicting reports of how to reattach them (after cleaning with some suitable cleaner like white spirit).

Any views on (i) hairspray vs (ii) contact adheisve (which I have a tube of handy so would be ideal if this worked!) vs (iii) gorilla glue?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

I use impact cement and then don't try a d use the bike for a couple of hours.
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[arry]

I sorted mine with contact adhesive and it lasted as long as I kept the bike for.

Wouldn't hesitate to use it again.

[Andy_Pagin]

I used Gorilla Glue last time, about a year ago. Works well and you get plenty of time to twiddle things into place before it sets. The downside is it expands a lot, so you need to keep an eye it as it sets, especially on the throttle side.
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[jimster]

Thanks! I didn't have any impact cement so I've tried the contact adhesive (which I guess will be good enough for the MOT) and will redo it if needed in future with the proper cement stuff
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[Easy-X]

If you've got very, very clean metal (thinking on the clutch side) and fresh rubber grips you could probably get away with no glue at all, friction does a surprisingly good job.

Superglue seems a bit extreme - I often see this specified in instructions - as it gives you almost no working time. I usually go with old skool rubber cement; it's pretty shite as glue TBH but the aforementioned friction effect goes up by several orders of magnitude. And easier to remove later down the line. If that didn't cut it I'd try contact adhesive.
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[WD Forte]

hair spray
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[photoman]

Oxford Products suggest using superglue if you fit one of their aftermarket heated grip sets. On one of my K75's I did just that and they never shows any signs of moving. You just have to make sure the areas the glue is to be applied is absolutely grease free of the glue wont take.

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[stinkwheel]

I use hairspray on rubber grips. Epoxy resin on ridgid plastic ones.

I wouldn't use white spirit to degrease, it'll leave an oily residue. Use a high flash-point solvent like carb or brake cleaner.
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[jimster]

In the end I used a small amount of contact adhesive on both sides, the throttle side (where it is rubber to plastic) stuck, the other non-throttle side (rubber to metal) didn't.

So I redid the non-throttle side with the bar generously slathered in a massive layer of contact adhesive, including on the side of the grip.

I squeezed the grip on, smushing a horrific amount of adhesive all over the bike, with visual appearance disturbingly similar to a highly aroused elephant having vigorously released.

Once I had finished cursing and cleaned it all up, and left it for a couple of days to fully dry, the grip holds fine.

So for future reference to myself, start by using a small amount and if that doesn't hold, use a medium amount (not several gallons) of contact adhesive, or I'm sure hair spray works too if done properly!
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