I emailed/texted 8 dealers within 1 hour of my home back in February, right before the 2025's came out. Got 4 of them into a bidding war and saved $5K on a 2024 R4. Pay no attention to the base price, get the Out the Door price and compare that. I ended up buying from the dealer with a higher base price but had no garbage fees. No freight/destination/assembly/BS fees, Just tax, license and a small BS doc fee but even with the doc fee, they were the best price.
And it depends on what model you are after. At that time, I wanted an R4 and it seems Honda built too many. Every dealer had 3 or more and the dealer I bought from had 8 and the 2025's were almost ready to ship. This year might be different but I see more 2025 4 seat than 2 seat around me. Your area might be different (you didn't say where you were looking).