Find it interesting that most here are saying put it back to stock and pretend nothing happened. I like to learn lessons that don't cost money as much as the next guy but you bought a brand new bike, modded part of it permanently, swapped out a structural member with one it was not designed for which then broke the frame and somehow that's the manufacturers fault?
Should it have broke? Not sure, could be a factory casting defect, could be what you did to it, but once you altered a significant part of the bike that the broken part is connected to you own it, defective or not...
Should it have broke? Not sure, could be a factory casting defect, could be what you did to it, but once you altered a significant part of the bike that the broken part is connected to you own it, defective or not...