I'll open myself up to flames here:

The four German cars we have cover the gamut from high-power loafing V8
Mercedes to the very tame, get there sometime Bus (Yes, it is a Bus). They ALL
LOVE to be revved, and make their power at the upper ends of the rpm range.
Even the Bus makes its power up towards the higher reaches, 4800 rpm or so,
and
with so little power available even there, I tend to use whatever I can to
keep
up with traffic. When conditions allow relaxed cruising, great, but I'm not
going to have John's Mack truck on my rear bumper if I can avoid it.
Therefore,
I know my rev limiter works because I've bumped it many times. Do I constantly
run at 5billion rpm? Course not, but if I need to get moving...

I just thought about this, so I'll add it as well. When we had the motor
rebuilt, we had the thing balanced, ported/polished, and made sure everything
was properly assembled (probably sounds like the "Hoover sermon on Free
Horsepower", well, it works). The motor is absolutely smooth at all rpm's,
very
quiet, and I can feel the difference between mine and other's stock motors.
So,
if you are in the process, or soon to be, I highly recommend balancing and
having someone qualified do some mild porting on the heads.

steve
'85 westy
kent, wa

and I have to agree with Dave:
> Needles to the right!