Was the Bergen ferry still going from Newcastle or did you have to ride all the way back up from Denmark?
Germany can't have been an afternoon ride either!
A modest lotto win might tip the scales in a TRX's favour, though!
Naw, had to drive it landside. 2000kms, think I used some 3 days. A nice trip, but seriously squared off the rear tyre. Only challenge was driving in rain and dark in Sweden as I figured Dagosh (the carpe member I swapped headlights with) had adjusted his euro headlights to maximum dip not to pi** off the English - so I could see about nothing.
Drove back home without insurance, though, as the UK way of SORN'ing export bikes isn't compatible with Norwegian insurance products. Importing from Germany it's the more common export plate/insurance routine - a bit mor fiddly as you need to export register the bike before you leave but then you can take a one month roundtrip i Europe on export plates.
I took the MkI from south of Frankfurt in 2005 - 1600kms in 25 hours. That was an adventure as I hadn't owned a bike for 12 years or so.
Did you scour e-bay for a headlight or end up buying new? I must get round to buying a Euro spec headlight for UK spec 900 at some point.
I swapped headlights and instrument panel with dagosh88