Ryan, I think EVERYONE should learn stick. Then again, I think I learned a lot because I was interested in HOW the car was working, not just the 1-2-3 step to getting it to go, so now I make decisions for gear selection, etc based on what the car/bike is doing. So for some people, they will never truly understand how it works and thus never fully utilize it. One of my best friends recently had to learn to drive stick cause his girlfriend's car is a stick. He called me out of the blue to ask how it worked (MIT computer geek, go figure...) and he said ever since I explained it, he's never had a problem stalling, shifting, etc. He just never had a good mental picture of what a clutch did, etc. Then again there are folks who say "shouldn't I shift when the needle is between the 2 and the 3?" And I say "sometimes" because every situation is different... They hate it when I make them sit with me and a chalk board before I even take them in the car
