I'm not sure I understand the question.
"I rode from UK to Europe and then shipped the bike home and flew home from Switzerland to the US, without ever having stamped into Europe"
If I understand correctly, you live in the USA (?) and have a non-Schengen passport (?) and presumably flew into Europe, then rode from the UK to Switzerland, then flew to the USA? So, you would almost certainly have received an entry stamp (into Europe) when you entered the UK. When you left the UK you will (should) have had a passport check - the UK border staff would not have stamped your passport however you should have received a passport stamp entering the next country (France? Belgium?) since you would have been entering the Schengen Zone. Since this didn't happen, for some reason, you ended up with problems leaving Switzerland.
If you are a non-Schengen passport holder you should receive a stamp entering France at the Eurotunnel border office. Unless this has changed (I haven't used Eurotunnel for a while) the French Border Control office is at Folkestone (not Calais). If for some reason this doesn't happen I suggest asked Eurotunnel staff BEFORE leaving Folkestone where the French Border Controls are to make sure you get your passport stamped.
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