We’re back to square one on John Hopkins presumed health problems and the latest interview that Stiggy Honda’s Anglo-American rider gave to the official WSBK website, has left us scratching our heads in puzzlement.

To recap the story briefly, Hopkins during the Imola tests last week was advised by the Clinica Mobile to stop riding because of pain in his left hip after a near highside and after X-Rays were taken and sent to Hopper’s doctors in the US, and the diagnosis presumably was osteoporosis.

Hopkins visiting the Sachsenring MotoGP, told journalists that the diagnosis was a mistake and that he would be riding the Brno round this weekend. Even Hopper’s mom told fans that it wasn’t osteoporosis.

Now we’ve read this interview that was pubblished on Monday:

“I actually had a big moment midday yesterday when I was following Fabrizio, lost the rear, the thing came back and just pumped on me really hard. It caused quite a bit of pain in my hip, so this morning it was painful. There was a little bit of swelling so we decided to go and get some X-rays. It shows that the bone looks pretty clear like it’s really fragile at the moment so we’ve got to get a bunch of tests from the specialists. The right side looks completely solid, then the left side is completely see-through.”

It may not be osteoporosis and obviously we’re not Dr. Art Ting nor Dr. Claudio Costa, but a “see-through” bone doesn’t sound like Hopkins is exactly in great shape to risk riding in two races on Sunday.

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