Hey, might be a stupid question but the Savage is my first bike... My exhaust pipe gets so hot it melts the heel of my right boot while riding.... Don't really care about the boots but I have a gooey blob of rubber stuck to the nice chrome pipe now. Any suggestions? Also, the left side of the engine case did it once too on a particularly hot day in stop and go traffic.

Hi it's a 1989 model. No mods that I know of, and it's in BC.

Stock, the bikes run pretty lean, and therefor pretty hot. I've seen them blue the head pipes back under the motor.
Rejetting a bit richer will help. This is a double wall exhaust pipe, so it has to get pretty bloody hot to blue the chrome  :-

Yeah my pipe is a lovely blue/purple where the exhaust header exits the engine. It's odd that Suzuki put in heat shields in front and behind where the rider's foot would rest but not all the way along that area of pipe? Guess I'll try to stop hugging the bike and keep my feet further out on the pegs!

if you are at sea level,(vancouver) jets of 52.5/150 work well for me. Bike has lots of torque and puts a smile on my face. cheers  
Sea to Sky highway is my ride of choice.