The sale of motorcycle units resumes in Cuba

Starting next Thursday, the sale of gasoline motorcycle units will resume in Cuba. The company Automotive Services S.A. (Sasa) will resume marketing the product in 12 stores enabled for sales in freely convertible currency in the country.

This product has a high demand in the Cuban population, since the lack of public transportation is increasing.

Since April, the motorcycle units were not for sale due to the coronavirus crisis. Sasa created a group of measures to avoid crowds in its stores and be able to sell its products safely.

First of all, they highlight that sales will be made territorially, according to the province of residence of the owners or their representatives.

The company plans sell a maximum of 25 units daily, but it will correspond to the structure of the store and the number of personnel working in it.

Granma indicates that stores in the interior of the country have genuine and alternative units in 100 and 125 cc. And that the marketing of others continues assortments available in engines, parts, pieces, tires and batteries.

In Havana, three of Sasa's establishments (Multimarcas, Peugeot and Vedado) will sell 100 cc units, and the one in La Palma will have 125 cc.

The motorcycle units have a price that ranges between 450.00 freely convertible currency for 100 cc and 550.00 convertible currency, 125 cc units.

These prices in the currency collection stores They were established in October 2019. They continue to be high for a Cuban who does not receive remittances from his relatives abroad, but it is the only viable option to become independent from public transportation, which is a big problem in the country.

It's only been 3 days since public transportation restarted in Havana after the coronavirus crisis on the island. In the capital, which is the territory with the highest risk of contagion due to active local transmission sources, complaints are already being reported about the disregard for limited capacity regulations to comply with health measures.

"That 50 percent thing is just theory."The buses are that full," a reader from Havana told CiberCuba.

The Ministry of Transportation indicated that in the first phase of the recovery stage of the coronavirus 100 percent of public transportation would be restored, but with limitations on service.

However, the distances in the capital are great and people must make long journeys to work, shop or other tasks. The transportation crisis remains latent in Cuba and it could be a route of contagion that multiplies coronavirus cases in Havana.