I just took off the tape from my bars. They were wrapped from bottom to top. Sticky black adhesive on my hands and bars. I will be wrapping from top to bottom when I redo them.

Reason? Here in the desert, sitting in the sun/heat, the electrical tape will get hot and start to unwrap, get loose, and the adhesive starts to get oozy. It seeps out from under the tape creating a sticky black mess.

Top to bottom with plugs. No sticky mess.