Help: strong lighting (brighter)

Non-chop question here.

I work third shift, and my ride to work is through some back country after dark. I only see about 3 cars for the first 45 minutes, and probably see another 5 during the last 15 minutes of the ride. I'm riding a 2004 VLX and I'm looking for the best lighting for the ride. Only major reason for needing better lights is the amount of deer skittering around these parts.

Deer are really stupid. I miss being around caribou. They know to run away.

Anyway, right now I'm running a typical aftermarket headlamp, I have a set of small LED's below and beside it, and I just attached a set of Lightforce 170's outside of the forks. I don't like how it looks, but I'm more concerned with being able to see well enough. Part of my route to work winds around some, so I need some decent peripheral lighting. I would prefer to only have 3 lights total, but I'll do what I have to so I can see.

Ideas?

Yeah, so after I got out of work today, I found my battery unable to roll the engine over. Obviously the stator isn't keeping up with my newly added lights. Had to push start it. Fortunately it starts real easy, but on the first attempt, I got it rolling and then hit the gearshift with my foot and bent the linkage. Good times. Bent it on a threaded portion too, not good. Might have to throw that out and start again.

i asked everyone who smacked a deer for several years in the midwest what their headlights was set on when they hit the deer and nearly every fuckin one had their brights on. Try askin and see if you get the same results but it was funny cause i drove semi and had never hit one even tho i traveled 10 times as much and a ton a nite driven. I never hardly ever ran with the brights on and still barely ever use them but guess what i finaly hit one and yep i had the brights on so i wonder if animals see the world lit up and decide to take advantage of the light?

Brights stop a deer in its tracks. Ever heard the saying, 'like a deer caught in the headlights." they are referring to Brights.

Even here in San Diego where we barely ever see a deer, they have deer whistles at Walmart. It a tiny little thing you mount on your bike and scares the fuckers away before you hit them. Go get one of those and take all the damn lights off your bike, it probably looks ridiculous. Lol.

Deer whistles, or the electric kind that makes the same sound as a deer whistle and costs ten times as much. I have whistles on my ride, and I've literally seen deer turn around and run away from the roadside as I approached. Still be careful though.

As for lights, look at those projector type accessory lights that adventure tourers (or rich guys that fancy themselves as such) put on their BMW oilhead motos. Those put out a lot of light and they're pretty low profile. Not sure on the cost though. Anything with a lens on the lamp will do.

Also, deer whistles can go anywhere. You can zip tie them to the lower frame, close to the road and below the engine. No one will ever see them, but they still make noise.

Yeah, I might try the deer whistles. I've actually got a mold to cast them, just haven't ever done it. Might give it a shot.

On the high beam / low beam deal, I believe that I can't see deer because the high beam is so narrow. I've got a few areas I have to ride through that really winds around, and there is no light being thrown onto the side of the road. Even on straight passes, there isn't much light thrown to the side of the road.

Yes, the lights look ridiculous. But this bike is my fuel-efficient ride to work, and was bought with that in mind. If I keep the Lightforce on there, I'm going to move to a single and mount it under my main headlight like I had originally planned on doing, and then get the wide / spot combination lens for it.

I'll look into the projectors for adventure tourers. Might be the best route. Also going to look into tractor lighting. That stuff has been getting pretty small and apparently very strong.