i wish i knew.. its a piss off. that scratch there was from layin it agianst a pole i think and it slipped and that part of the frame scraped the pole and thats what it looked like after, meanwhile my 08 haro forum intro-lite has taken much more abuse and none of the scratches are as big as this one right here.

 dude what the hell is up with norco bikes paint chipping so fucking easy! my 08 ryde has paint chips like that too and so did my 2007 Bigfoot