Welcome to the Forum......Spend some time reading through the old threads, use the search function, or look through the index in the Technical Section.  All of the these things have been discussed at length previously, and if you spend a little time reading through the older discussions you will most likely get a better understanding of this bike. the general things, etc.

If you then can't resolve your "general" questions - use the Rubber Side Down and ask us a specific question.

Here is a link to the Technical Section Index.

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181745927

Dave