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It rains just often enough here that it usually gets "washed" in the lot at work. 

And over time I have found that bag holder hook to be very useful in combination with a cloth bag I carry under the seat for carrying sundry groceries (or a cooler bag).

I find for carrying some stuff from the grocery, that a cargo net and my large cooler bag (which I attach with the net after I load it with frozen and fridge items) help a lot (I don't have a top case as yet). And yeah, that hook and the floor space in the front help a lot too (as does a cloth bag I got for like a dollar at Dollar General, which I put the plastic shopping bags inside). More than once I've had people watch the process after I grocery shop and then come up after I have everything loaded to tell me that they couldn't see how I was going to be able to carry all that stuff before I had it all stowed. The rotissarie chicken goes under the seat (double plastic bagged in case it leaks), when I get one, to stay warm. 

I'll have to check that out one of these days, Corinth, MS is only about 70 miles from me.

You don't have to remove and body panels or the seat the get at it on the DT300i.  Folks here in the forums have posted that it's possible to change without removing stuff (except for possibly the exhaust nuts, which the dealership did to switch my standard plug for an NGK iridium at my first service, then either reinstalled the two exhaust manifold nuts improperly or forgot to put them back on, they made good on it -- if this ever happens to you, and hopefully it doesn't, while they're ordering and you're waiting on the proper long capped metric replacement nuts and lock washers, you can use an 8M metric nut you can get at Lowes for under a dollar for a bag of four, btw).

I have a black Xelement CF-505 mesh (it was $62 after discount coupon with shipping from Leatherup), and the blue Fly Racing Cool Pro Mesh jacket (it was $99 with free shipping from Competition Accessories). I removed the liner in the Cool Pro for Summer. Even in black, I find the Xelement cooler due to the better air flow. The Cool Pro seems to have better armor. Most of the hot days I wear the Xelement. I'd say the Cool Pro is the better made jacket, with better pockets, better armor, probably more durable, more versatile, etc. But the Xelement, for me, feels significantly cooler to wear on a hot day, even though it's a black jacket. Next time I get an Xelement though, I will try to get a color other than black. I'm glad I have both, I'll probably end up wearing the Cool Pro much more in Spring and Fall. I also carry a very compact light nylon windbreaker, which I keep under the seat, to put on underneath the mesh jacket if there is the chance of light rain or it might get cooler out (it's easier than messing with inserting or removing liners for a temporary situation). I also keep one of the ultralight Frogg Togg rainsuits under the seat for the event of heavier rain (they say that those breath, but they warm up pretty fast IMO). For whatever reasons, my jeans rarely get wet riding in light rain on my DT300i.

I've used black shoe polish to cover up scuffs on black before.