2 heated grip questions.

I'm about to fit some heated grips... yeah, I know, I'm soft as shoite, but I'm getting old!
Two quick questions though.

1. Last pair I fitted suffered a bit from having one grip hotter than the other due to the throttle sleeve being plastic (so warmer) and the LHS grip being just the metal tube (so colder). Without trawling the web I'm sure I have read that some people 'lag' the LHS with tape, or somesuch, to reduce the heat sapping effect of the metal bar.

Does this make a noticeable difference and if so is there any reason why this should not be done. And assuming it is worth doing, is standard electrical insulating tape the best for the job or is there some other tape that'll do a better job?

2. Last time I stuck the grips on with the supplied superglue which worked fine - grips still there when the bike was sold! Some people appear to favour hairspray instead of glue. I'm probably to much of a lazy **** to be taking them off in spring and back on in winter so removeability/reuseability is not that important. Any good reason to go for hairspray over superglue?

Oh, and if you fancy a pair they were Roxter grips (supposedly Oxford rebranded jobs) - £29.99 off fleabay last week http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISA...E:L:OC:GB:1123 and free postage. Worth a punt as they worked well last time I had them so hopefully they're as good this time round!

[yorkie_chris]

Hairspray is fine for normal grips but sometimes the heated ones don't snap tight on the throttle tube or you have to take the grippy bits off the tube, so you need glue.

Thanks YC. That's useful. My concern was that the heat might soften the hairpray and, given the extra bulk of the wiring on heated grips, I didn't really want to run the risk of them moving out of position and fouling the other controls or tank/fairing etc. I'll probably stick to the superglue option and worry about removal when the time comes.

[DarrenSV650S]

You'll definitely need glue. When I put mine on they were tight and didn't twist, so I didn't glue them, but as soon as the heat was on for a while they softened up and turned around the bar way to easily.

I didn't have the problem of having one grip hotter than the other tbh so can't help with that. But I did find that my fingertips were still cold and my hands got tired quicker because I was gripping the bars so tight to get some heat in!

I won't be doing much cold weather riding this year, but I was planning to try some heated glove inners before my engine broke

Get some Symtec Heater elements.