what i know:
1. brand new machine, had about 3.5 hours of breakin at the house, varying speeds and temps.
2. day 1 of trip, put 6.5 hours of trail riding in the woods, brimstone TN. good mix of speeds, hills. mostly low gear. did get into high gear a few times on the street
3. 10 hour oil change on the as prescribed by polaris, used the PS-4 oil change kit
4. day 3 of trip, loaded down with 4 people and cargo. ran great in the woods. mostly slower, more technical trails. came out of the woods to hit the streets heading to the cabin. put in high and ran for about 3 miles and started to overheat, 230′, temp light came on and engine limiter came on. did this 4 times on the 7 mile trip to the cabin

things to note:
1. i didnt wash the bike after the previous night ride. entire bike was pretty much covered in mud.

2. radiator was muddy, but not too bad

3. when i would stop, i was low on gas, so i would turn the engine off, but keep the fan running. thinking back, this was the wrong procedure as the fan was only cooling the coolant in the radiator and not allowing the coolant to flow back to the motor (i think….)

any ideas of whats going on….
1. mud + load + high gear on streets caused random high temp???

i am going to check cap pressure and system pressure this weekend. also going to bleed the system.

let me know if anyone has any good input. i searched but didnt find much on these new 4 seats

thanks!