Like everyone else said, it should get better with a bit more practice. I had zero prior experience with motorzied two-wheel transport, and I felt like I was going to topple over in the slow-speed drills at first. I did fine in the class (as did everyone in my class, actually), although I had two minor errors in the test.
I bought my bike a little over a week later and have since but 8,800 miles on her (in exactly 100 days, actually). I'm comfortable on the road...but when I went back to the hospital lot where the hold the local MSF, I found the box drill (low-speed figure 8s in a small box) to be harder than I remembered it. So I'd say that one of the best things about the MSF is that you spend a whole lot of time at loooowww speed in the parking lot before testing on the low-speed drills.
At least in Vermont, BTW, the figure-8 box is considered a "convenience" skill, not a "safety" skill, according to our instructor...i.e. a mistake on the box isn't graded as harshly as a mistake on the emergency stop, although a drop on either would create a fail.
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