Last night, I practiced on my slightly modified Fast 201, and I timed it, and I got it to sleep for 49 seconds, the last time I timed my sleeper, it slept around 30 seconds on a good throw. It may not be that much to some of you guys, but I am still very happy that I got it to sleep for that much, and I will be very happy when I could get it to sleep for at least a minute. ;D
add some thin lube i think itll sleep even longer!
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I do add thin lube, it is just that I don’t have a good throw yet, so I have been practicing a lot. Lately I have been experimenting with my throw, for instance, I put my two fingers that are on each side of my yo-yoing finger on the sides of the yo-yo to help guide it straight off my hand, because I noticed when I threw the yo-yo the normal way, the string slipped off the end of my yo-yoing finger, and it made my yo-yo crooked, but when I did it the other way, it helped make it straighter. (I am still practicing on my throw.)
Thank you for the help though.
Its so refreshing to see a new yoyoer that is aware of what is going on! good on you!
What i do to get a good throw is put my index finger on one side, my middle finger in the gap and my thumb on the side i usually get good strong straight sleepers. Hopefully, that helps!
Sorry to bring up an old post, but I was just wanting to update you on my progress. Lately, I have been practicing my sleeper on my Duncan Proyo for quite a while, and then today I tried timing my sleeper on my Fast 201 yo-yo, and I got 56 seconds!(I am very excited about this, I almost reached my goal on 1 minute, then when I beat that goal, my new goal would be 1 minute and 30 seconds!)
I maid my current yoyo sleep for a minute by twisting the string, using that method i prevented my yoyo slightly from tilting and also prevented the string for some time to hit the sides. I hope i helped you.
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Thin lube won’t make it sleep longer.
Congrats dude! Improvement is improvement is improvement. I’m very happy for you. 
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FAST 201’s Rule man!, I love mine too 
Could somebody PM me on how to get an improved sleep? I’m new, and I have NO clue about anything. I need advice… Thanks!
–Q
sometimes i even have my ring finger on the other side. The ultimate grip.
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You’ll get more feedback if you just make your own thread.
Work on a Striaght and Strong throw. Everytime you throw, check if your yoyo is tilting. The next imte you throw, compensate for the tilt. Keep practicing and your throw will be natural.
To Keb, congrats on your practice. I wish you good luck in reaching you next goal.
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OK, I know this is an old post, but I just wanted to post one last update on my sleep time improvement, today I got my Fast 201 to sleep for 1 minute and 6 seconds, I know it may not be much, but I am happy with this, but I will keep on trying to improve my sleep time, but I will make a new post if I ever reach 3 minutes on any of my yo-yos, thank you for your encouragement.
That’s cool, I guess.
“It does not matter how long your yoyo sleeps, what matters is what you can do with it while it is sleeping.” - Steve Brown
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on my modded fast 201 i got 1 minute 30 seconds! Nice job keb, especially for a stock 201.
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Oh no, I modified my Fast 201 by putting in my Duncan Dragonfly’s bearing and spacers, and using yo-yo string for the response, because the starburst started to fall out, otherwise I would probably still have it stock, so I still don’t have a good throw, yet, but I am still working on my throw, because I need a longer sleeper for some of the tricks I am on, and the combo I came up with, and I want to have a good throw.
I got same mod, but upgraded bearing. Bumblebee spacers. BUt nice job
Do you mind if I ask, “What bearing do you use in your Fast 201?”.
Not even sure… I bought a CU (i used the bearing from that) offa skizmo, he didn’t know what bearing it was -.- If your thinking of upgrading yours i suggest a YYF spec bearing, general yo AIRG bearings, a 10 ball by onedropdesign, or a mercury bearing. ANd don’t forget KK’s and Center tracs!
AIRG’s and 10balls only come in C’s acutally… whoops…
I’ll give you the link for all of them:!:!:!:!:!:!:!::!:!: LOOK DOWN!:!:!:!:!:
Spec: http://shop.yoyoexpert.com/product/62/YYF-Bearings
AIRG general yo: http://www.onedropyoyos.com/shop.php
10balls: http://www.yoyoguy.com/PN/ndp01/Yo-yo-Ball-Bearings/10Ball-Bearing-by-One-Drop
Mercury: http://www.yoyoguy.com/PN/YPBAM/Yo-yo-Ball-Bearings/Mercury-Bearing-Size-A
Center trac: http://shop.yoyoexpert.com/product/108/Center-Trac-Bearing
KK: http://shop.yoyoexpert.com/product/60/KonKave-Bearing
Good luck
Keb, do you have a dark magic and a legacy?