Hand grip came off - very scary. What Glue???

Ok yestrerday I had a really scary moment when totally wet I felt the left grip start to move and then without any other warning the thing just shot off the end of the bar and I was left with just the throttle to hold onto!! I almost cr*pp*d my p**ts. But managed to pull up and compose myself and continue home.
So I will go out and get some new gtips in the morning but as I have never fitted grips before I wanted to ask what glue does the best job. There is no way I ever want to feel the way I felt for those few seconds yesterday again.

Cheers

As long as the tube is totally free for oil/muck, they should be ok straight on, but if you want some reassurance, normal super-glue will do the trick

I use Silicone Sealant , warm the grips up in a cup of hot water and slide them on , sometime pledge polish can help them go on , once they have dried in place then lift the end of the grip up and squirt a nice dab of silicone in there , HTH .

Try a good quality hairspray . Its slippey when wet and sticky when dry , works a treat . May I also suggest some new barends to prevent the grip sliding off no matter what .

P.S. hairspray will also allow you to remove/replace the grips without having to destroy them to get them off .

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

I use Silicone Sealant , warm the grips up in a cup of hot water and slide them on , sometime pledge polish can help them go on , once they have dried in place then lift the end of the grip up and squirt a nice dab of silicone in there , HTH .

Won't furniture polish do the opposite of what you want?? ... i.e. make it slippy like it does surfaces?

+1 for hairspray.... sounds daft but it works great

polish/wd40/gt85 is used by mountainbikers to stick on grips, not sure why it works but it does. Weird.

I never use glue of any kind. My grips don't come loose. What I do use to get the on is a hand wash.

I use an alcohol based hand rub. It's the same stuff the hospitals use for visitors to clean their hands. It dissolves to nothing. A squirt of that gives enough lubrication for the grip to slip on quite easily and a few moments later it has completely gone.

Another option is to use a soapy water solution but this takes a little while longer to dry out.

The trouble with glues and such is over time it eats into the rubber. Also some glues in contact with moisture end up being just being tacky instead of sticky. This means constant use ends up with the grip slipping round and even coming off.

[phil24_7]

I used washing up liquid to get mine on, then 2 months later I got caught in the rain and my grip came off in my hand. Managed to clean it of all soap residue and then force it back on and I've had no problems since!!!