Not at all, the bike will be fine. Your butt, on the other hand, will probably discover the shortcomings of the stock seat and your back may wish for a backrest. Just take it easy and stay within your capabilities.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.