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The first signs of “silly season” have arrived in America with reports of Yamaha/Graves Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo leaving the AMA series in 2005 to go ride World Superbike or World Supersport, but those reports are more rumor than truth, according to the young New Yorker.

“I saw that, too, in a couple of places. I’m pretty happy where I’m at right now, to set the record straight,” DiSalvo told Roadracingworld.com Monday. “It’s not like I’m looking to find a new home or anything. The guys over at the Yamaha camp treat me good. That’s where I would like to be next year. My perfect scenario would be to ride Superbike for Yamaha here next year, but what the factory decides to do will determine that.”

DiSalvo said he did not know if Yamaha plans to field a Superbike in the 2005 AMA series.

DiSalvo thinks the rumors of him going to Europe got started when he was seen talking to people from several of the World Championship teams during the AMA/World Superbike event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

“We were speaking to a lot of the teams because we knew a lot of the people there from our time over in Europe. It was kind of all friendly discussions. Like I said, nothing concrete, nothing set in stone,” said DiSalvo.

“Everybody knows I want to be in MotoGP, but I think I want to take the Nicky Hayden route to get there, just try to stay over here in America and win as many Championships as it will take” to get a full-factory MotoGP ride, said DiSalvo.