Soren,
The T in the VIN is in the 11th character slot. Which is in fact the assembly plant code in a Triumph VIN. Unless they changed the Hinckley assembly plants code from a J to a T .. which I doubt then this is the tell-tale sign of a Thai assembled Triumph.
To those that have alluded to me having an issues with the Far East. I have no such issues ... I do however have an issues with a British bike steeped in tradition and heritage being assembled outside of it's homeland. Short-sighted ? Probably ... but as the consumer it's my right to feel however I so choose ... and to voice said feeling with my wallet. I was about to start talking a trade in my local dealer for a Pacific Blue and White America until I ran my finger down the VIN code on the frame and found a T in the assembly plant slot. I told my dealer, "Nope, don't want this ... it's a Thai assembled bike." The dealer made some joke about only '04 T100s being assembed there (that's my bike by the way) but he mysteriously stopped talking after I said that.