For some of you, this exercise proves that you actually didn't want a Savage at all! (I'm in that camp.)
The truth is, this bike is a cheap cruiser. Things like better shocks, taller fifth gear, are legitimate wish lists items for THIS bike. When your list gets much longer, it tells me that you didn't buy this bike because you wanted a Savage.
Different size wheels (beyond a 16" rear), mags, seating positions, higher performance engine components, different shocks and forks, etc...you're getting into a whole new bike.
That is what is so unique to this bike on this forum. Some of us like the bike as a cruiser and some of us bought it with every intention of changing everything about it! We are asking this little cruiser to be a cafe racer, a scrambler, a standard, a touring machine...
Seems like Suzuki could profit a bit by researching this site a little. Keep the little cruiser and put out a thumping Temtper'ish standard that offers a little more performance.