Welcome to the family!  

The Savage does leak from the right side/top of the engine.  There is a plug that is usually the culprit.  If you do not yet have a Clymer's manual or Suzuki shop manual then you need to get the Clymer at least, since it will cover virtually everything an owner will do on his own.  If you get into A-Z rebuilds then get the shop manual too.  The Savage is easy to work on...about as simple as a motorcycle can get these days, so jump in and have fun.  You really cannot hurt the thing unless you just jump into tearing it into pieces and don't know anything about how to do it.  All of the regular maintenance and the basic mod's are easy to do.

Of course, anything is easy if you know how to do it, but really, this is a great bike to tinker with.  

I am looking for exhaust for my savage its a 2003.  I would like the whole exhaust. Mine sounds ok but looks rusted inside alittle and is turned colors by the head.  Any suggestions.
Dave

I would recommend living with the old exhaust while you iron out the other issues. It will likely blue the new one before you get the thing running right. Do the mods, get it running like you want. Once the jetting is richer, you can do the exhaust & not blue it. There are options on the header pipe. There are single wall units available, equal more flow, & the muffler options are plenty. You have a good platform to work from. These are fun bikes.