Probably made you feel good about the deal but all you ended up doing is paying more $$ to the government.(LCB @ Apr. 17 2007,11:36) I paid MSRP for my '06 LE with NO addl charges except $25.00 for the tag processing.
I paid about $9100 for my '04 and then happily paid the $600 in prep, freight and doc fees for a total of $9700 out the door.
I paid taxes on $9100 since prep, freight and doc fees can't be taxed.
My guess is I paid their cost for the bike and they made their profit off the fees which is cool with me.