I think it is all about risk management. How much risk are you willing to live with?
I can see the argument that most of the time, lesser injuries are easily covered, and that if you do happen to have a major injury (broken leg) it can still be covered out of pocket.
Howver, when I've travelled out of my home country I've always made sure to have some sort of emergency health coverage for that one-in-million chance I'll get seriously mangled.
If it's a short trip the cost is under a hundred dollars for up to a million dollars worth of coverage. For a few hundred bucks, you can get coverage for six months or a year.
If you can afford a plane ticket and a motorcycle rental/purchase, surely you can afford some insurance. It seems a bit fool-hardy to me not to have it.
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Bruce Clarke - 2020 Yamaha XV250
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