Peter Williams (motorcyclist)
Peter Williams (born September 29, 1945 in Nottingham England) is a former motorcycle road racer having enjoyed success when competing at many levels on home short-circuits, International and Grand Prix races. He raced many times on the Isle of Man TT course from 1966 to 1973. His father was Jack Williams who ran the Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) race department. Peter trained in mechanical engineering and introduced many innovations that are commonplace on today's road bikes, such as alloy wheels and disk brakes. He raced in the era of Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene, Mick Grant, Percy Tait, Tony Jefferies, Paul Smart, Dave Potter and John Cooper.
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