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My guess would be that they are made in Japan. Most of the motorcycle component manufacturers are located there and the fact that Kawasaki are using the same filter would back this up.
My take on the high price as compare dto car filters is supply and demand... you simply aren't going to sell as many filters for a Triumph as you do for a Ford.
Looking across motorcycle brands this is the same If you sell the same filter for a Honda as a Triumph, you will shift more when placed in Honda boxes and put on the shelves of Honda dealers than you would through Triumph and their dealers simply because of the number of bikes out there (and number being used in new bike production).
Triumph will not be able to buy the filters so cheaply as other bigger manufacturers as they wont be buying the same volume. Similarly their dealers won't be selling so many, so margins for both Triumph and the dealers have to be set higher on a base unit that was more expensive from the manufacturer.
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