You want to call Matt Shearer (760) 949-0017 he makes one one the best 250 pipes

Matt builds the pipe your looking for. I don't know the story behind the Q/shearer 250 pipe, But Matt builds and sells it. I own and run one. Best pipe one my bike to date. Hopefully i find a better one, That would mean someone out there is spending their time and money to make a 30 year old machine go a bit faster. lol

The Q pipe is actually made by Matt Shearer.
They also haven't been on the scene for long, they've been out for at least 5 years that I know of but no more than 10 years.
You're much more likely to get shafted by Dr. Q than Shearer, just the facts.
I've never actually heard of anyone giving Shearer negative feedback, Q on the other hand has screwed over dozens of people on this very forum...me included.

I think with no lube.

Err, all of the above, and then some?
It was next to impossible to get him on the phone, and when you did it was always some excuse about how he hadn't had any time to do this or that, it'll be ready soon, etc.
Eventually you just give up waiting on the parts you sent him and buy another set so you can get to riding again...and that leads to "Well I don't remember you sending me this or that..."
At the very least you could expect a 6-12m wait for a pipe you already paid for (had to get enough customers to prepay so Shearer would build another run of pipes for him).

He started out small on an old forum, gained some followers, and started a new forum (QRHQ).
Supposedly he did pretty much every go-fast mod for the LT's, but in truth was just farming it out to other people and calling it his own.
He had a few specs that were his "secret", and nobody else could do the work.
The fan base that he accrued would have made him some real money had he been a better businessman with ethics.
He ran a pretty shady business, wouldn't honor complaints, customers often "lost" parts that were sent to him, and then there was SCAMMY, but that's another story for another time.
It got to the point that the guys who supported him were next to nil because he burned nearly every one of them in some form or another.
So he shut the site down and we were homeless for a bit until we all converged here.
Supposedly he's turned over a new leaf, but that's yet to be seen.
Here lately there have been a few customers he's done right by...don't know about you but snakebites don't heal very well on me.

So, instead of dealing with a flaky middleman, just go straight to the source 

Long Story short, the LT250 Pipe templates are owned now by Shearers, Q-(RK) could not afford the template cost with the metal stamping house, Matt then took it over, very smart move on his part.
Its the same pipe, in fact Matt up-graded some of the fit issues of the past, contact him, very easy to work with, and he stands behind his sales.
 

Shearer made both of my Q pipes and I dont have any of the cracking or fittiment problems and Matt is a great guy to deal with

I just answered your question with Q's info I know none of the back story and have not done any business with Q. Mat Shearer I have spoken to many times through Facebook, he is a class act and someone I would trust for info recommendations or work. Q I know really nothing about other than he makes YouTube videos and apparently designed the pipe ill be running on my lt500 though Mat was the one who actually built the pipe.

Thanks for your service I'm an Air Force vet myself. And welcome to a place that is loaded with good guys and good information. Watch out for badmoon though he's a missagain fan and those skunk weasel lovers aren't to be trusted!

Watch out for badmoon though he's a missagain fan and those skunk weasel lovers aren't to be trusted!

At least our team is named for one of the most viscious, powerful and amazing animals in the world, not a nut 

Order the pipe from Mat Shearer. 

I dont like either your teams. One like to steal coaches and the other cheats just saying Lol!! Just say this is a joke guys dont take it the wrong way.