Best engine degreaser/cleaner?

[bronsin]

Having worked as a car and motorcycle I can heartily recommend you NEVER clean your engine with degreaser if that means hosing it off with water. Ive seen too many engines not run after doing this from water finding its way into an electrical connection. This is most difficult if not impossible to rectify.

I prepped a 96 BMW GS 1100 to ride to AK but had to sell it to someone contemplating the same trip. He made the trip and washed the engine off at a car wash after doing the dirtiest part of the trip. Sure enough he screwed up the Hall sensor and the engine wouldnt run making a 500 mile round trip flatbedding necessary which took a week to organize and get the bike so it ran again.

Uhg!