Advice needed regarding 16 year old's first bike.

[Val]

I had a twist and go, my brother had a geared thing.
I prefered my way, it's not hard to move up from an auto to a gearbox and it made the first year easier not having to change gear every 2 seconds.

Also when it came time to learn gears, I knew that much more about the roadcraft etc that the gears were made easier, only the one new thing to deal with.

:agree

The most sensible thing is let her start easy with twist and go.