brighter head lights?

The Candlepower units are not what they once were; I went out at night a couple months ago with a few pairs of what they're presently shipping and I can no longer call them adequate for night driving. Keep in mind the motorcycle headlamp standards around the world are ridiculously lax. A lot of people think an H4 headlamp is an H4 headlamp is an H4 headlamp, but that's not true. There's an enormous range of performance and efficiency even among the major brands.