Yup. Parking lot. And, with my first bike, I used to go out at dawn and ride the streets when there was no traffic.
I actually did what I said not to do. I started on a fairly big bike.
But, the day I dumped that KH500 Kow on a curve at 115mph because of a bit of gravel from a side road, I thought `time to sell it`. Oh, it was pretty, according to my buds... me riding it with one hand on the handle bar and both feet on the oil tank and sparks flying. But, it wasn`t so pretty when I hit the grass. One of my two `Superman` moments on bikes.... I fly well but I don`t land nearly as well.