Hey Miles I did my test 43 years ago also in the parking lot of the DMV on a Norton Commando. In Provo Ut.
Ut had a brand new license law,a simple written test,then ride around some cones.The only scary part was when the officer administering the test told me to go to the other end of the lot accelerate in 1st gear as hard as I could then stop at a point he was standing behind. I did it but he was a little wide eyed since the front tire was right at his foot:rotf: