Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable?

@pindac Please forgive my delayed reply, I have been in transit from my Florida home to my New Hampshire home.  I'm answering from memory, can't duplicate results up here.  Anyway, used two weights: VPI and Stillpoints. Two TTs:  VPI HW-40 and Technics SL1200GAE.  Measured distortion change was on the order of a few hundreths a point.  More for the Stillpoints on the Technics TT than the VPI weight.  Very little difference on the VPI TT between the weights although it went up significantly more when I added the periphery ring to perhaps 0.1%.  It is very unlikely that any of this is audible, at least to this mere mortal.  

@billstevenson Thank You for including Florida in the reply, I am always promising myself a revisit to the State, I am a bit sold on the Tampa area and really enjoy hoe a visit during the UK's Winter Period can bring really good spirits to the forefront.

SAD is extinguished before the Hire Car Keys are handed over

Large Bowls of Grouper Nuggets at the Quayside, pure bliss. 

I'm stuck for audio talk after reminding myself what I am once more to miss. 

I have used a clamp and perceived a little better transparency in the sound. Whether that is real or some sort of expectation bias, I do not know.