Hello and thank you for all responders for your input.

The bike is in Bellingham, which is just across the border from British Columbia. It is almost a similar distance between Winnipeg and Pembina, more or less.

I would consider driving down to Pembina after setting up some sort of receiving account with a few of the maildrop and forwarding businesses which cater to Canadians. However, I'm not allowed to enter the USA. I considered using a liason agency border business like RunninRed. You can look at their pricing schedule here. By the time it is posted from Bellingham, exchange, duty, "handling" and associated surcharges, it begins to not be worth it (as Dave said). I have to work on it a bit more before writing the possibility off. I was going to make the seller an offer on the bike based upon how much raping my wallet has to undergo in the process of getting it here.