I know the title looks a bit libellous but a few people at least on this forum should know of the reputation of Bill Langton - proprietor of WL Racing, in Cheshire. In fact the libellous bit is using the word "petty". Forum member CRM probably knows what I mean... I saw his name mentioned in the post by srad34 about getting scammed and it's prompted me to check if anyone has had any sightings of this crook lately. Two years ago I paid him a large amount of money for some 998RS parts that he never delivered, and then after a million rubbish excuses and many failed attempts to meet him around Manchester he just vanished. It was the sort of money you don't just forget or write off so i'm hoping someone might know where he's located these days. I've sent people round to his unit in Oulton Park but it was vacant. The other purpose of this post was to warn others, just in case they are tempted to have dealings with him. He's got a very simple way of working: he supplies a few parts at nice prices until he thinks you've started to trust him, then he asks you for money up-front for a really nice deal. You think, 'ok... he seems like an alright bloke...' hand over the cash and then he stalls you for weeks and then months and then stops answering his phone. I know of a few others he's done this to so it was not a one-off. PM me please if you've heard or seen anything. All info in strict confidence of course. Thanks, Tom.
There's a few places you can search. Does he have a Facebook account? If so he may have geo tagging info in his pictures of him in his garden etc? Easy to find. Pipl.com is good, but might link to 192 which will cost money. Do you have his email address?
Bill Langton now there's a name I haven't heard in a year or two, as you've said he did have a good rep but he soon went sour for some reason last I heard he was out in Spain helping a few racers but I honestly don't know where he could be now.
That's just it... been really quiet the last year and a half. I heard he was on the IOM helping out a few mechanics but that was a while back. I think it went sour because he's ripped off just about everyone who ever dealt with him, other than one or two strangely loyal customers...
I have more stories than I care to remember, I knew him well through racing but never had any direct dealings with him as my gut feeling at the time warned me to stay clear.
WL RACING is now known as Name & Registered Office: FRANCIS GREEN RACING LTD DENE LODGE FRANCIS GREEN LANE PENKRIDGE STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND ST19 5HE Company No. 06999025 Name was changed 08.10.2010 Company is run by: CHARLES EDWARD ALLISON COOKE Dene Lodge, Francis Green Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5HE However.........This is horse racing. AL
Thanks Al, that's very interesting. I followed your post up just now with a company check Francis Green Racing is a horse racing outfit. I wonder then if Billy originally registered his company as something other than WL Racing Ltd.?
There's this. WLRacing.com - Domain for sale - [email protected] and....this is what it seems he was called in January 2010 WL RACING SERVICES (MOTOPISTONE) THE OLD WORKSHOPS HOME FARM, OULTON PARK LITTLE BUDWORTH, TARPORLEY, CHESHIRE CW6 9BL Some phone numbers: Workshop phone 01829 760996O Mobile 047831297747 and Mobile 047776067912. However, some searching indicates this could be him now: eBay My World - intense.ern I have also seen some reference to him now building high end mountain bikes, then I found this.......is it him?.....effed if I know. https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/219816 Also this: Whois Information For: wlracing.co.uk Domain name: wlracing.co.uk Registrant: Mr Paul Lee Registrant type: UK Individual Registrant's address: Communications House 28 Parkway Deeside Industrial Park Deeside CH5 2NS United Kingdom But...as it appears his website is for sale this seems most likely: Domain Name: wlracing.com Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.1und1.info Registrar URL: http://1and1.com Updated Date: 2013-03-23 00:00:00 Creation Date: 2004-03-23 00:00:00 Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-03-23 00:00:00 Registrar: 1&1 Internet AG Registrar IANA ID: 83 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected] Registrant Name: William Langton Registrant Organization: WLRacing Ltd Registrant Street: The old workshops Registrant City: Tarporley Registrant Postal Code: CW6 9BL Registrant Country: GB Registrant Phone: +44.1829760996 Registrant Fax: +44.1829760996 Registrant Email: [email protected] Admin Name: William Langton Admin Organization: WLRacing Ltd Admin Street: The old workshops Admin City: Tarporley Admin Postal Code: CW6 9BL Admin Country: GB Admin Phone: +44.1829760996 Admin Fax: +44.1829760996 Admin Email: [email protected] Tech Name: William Langton Tech Organization: WLRacing Ltd Tech Street: The old workshops Tech City: Tarporley Tech Postal Code: CW6 9BL Tech Country: GB Tech Phone: +44.1829760996 Tech Fax: +44.1829760996 Tech Email: [email protected] Name Server: ns59.1and1.co.uk Name Server: ns60.1and1.co.uk AL
Looking at the feedback as a seller mid 2011 there are lots of Ducati parts. But since 2011 its only been used for buying
I was at an auction around 18 months ago that sold off all the bits/bikes that the liquidators recovered from his workshop. I was only talking about Bolt On Billy to another guy who he owes money too on Wednesday afternoon last week. He has done a shergar it seems.
