W L Racing

i have a similar story the only difference being i actually got my 998rs after about 3 months of email and calling Bill, but as part of the deal there were extra bits to come with the bike, im still to this day owed $ 7000 AUD worth of parts from the guy. With no answer to email or phone calls, my bike showed up in April 09.
Murray Kahler
0418 878 114

On January 13^th 2010 I paid WILLIAM (Bill) G LANGTON for a Ducati 996R
motorcycle (Engine No. ZDM998000500, Frame No. WLR998000667, Invoice# wir09958) restored to race configuration by his company, WLRACING SERVICES (MOTOPISTONE) located in THE OLD WORKSHOPS HOME FARM, OULTON PARK LITTLE BUDWORTH, TARPORLEY, CHESHIRE CW6 9BL
Payment in full was required to be made as I needed the sales receipt for the Australian Government before they would issue me with an Import Approval Certificate that I am required to have.(Approval Cert.110 ⁸⁴³⁄₁ was issued on 18^th February 2010)
The receipt states the shipping date to be 29^th January 2010, however after an extended delay in rebuilding the engine, collection was finally
arranged in March. When the shipping agent (Burke Bros.) arrived at the
workshop it was closed. Months went by and repeated email and text messages went unanswered and phone calls not returned regarding the delay in pick up.(Workshop phone 1 829 76 0996O, Mobile 47 831 297 747 and Mobile 47 776 067 912).
On May 6^th I had an associate visit the workshop who was informed by Ben Langton (Bill’s brother) that the bike was away being tuned and would be available for collection on May 12^th and that both I and the shipping agent would be notified. Both front and rear race stands for the motorcycle were to be included in the shipping at no additional cost to me as compensation for the extended delay in delivery. Since then there has been no change in the ‘situation’ and I am not aware of the bikes current location and believe that the Langton brothers/​wlracing/​motopistone accepted my money in January with no intention of honoring our legally binding agreement to supply me with the completed race bike.
In desperation, on 11^th June I contacted the local Police Department and forwarded the above information in the hope they may have been able to assist in what I believe is a case for fraud, I was hoping that they could resolve what should have been a professional sales transaction. I thought a letter by the Officer in Charge to Bill Langton outlining my allegations and asking him to remedy the situation, or a police visit to his premises may have been all that was required to bring the situation to a satisfactory conclusion. The Police response from Detective Superintendent John Armstrong, Professional Standards Department was initially positive. Detective Superintendent Armstrong forwarded my concerns onto Chief Inspector Smethurst of the Western Area who in turn passed my request for help onto Inspector Phil Hodgson, Western Rural. Inspector Phillip Hodgson in turn sent Pc Gerard Gigg to the wlracing workshop on several occasions to enquire as to the status of my undelivered Ducati motorcycle. During the visits to the wlracing workshop Pc Gigg has viewed my Ducati and was repeatedly advised that the delivery of my motorcycle was imminent, however my Ducati still remains undelivered as of today, 29^th Oct 2010 (nine months after the proposed delivery date on my sales Invoice).