Here's the front end of my bike, with cross-levers, fork-boss-mounted light, and Dill Pickle handlebar bag.
Unless your bike is smaller/you have your handlebars set up much more aggressively than I do, you could probably do the same. The Dill Pickle bags don't have the kind of capacity the old-style boxy bags do, but they're enough for a bunch of stuff. I put everything I might want *during* the ride in the handlebar bag, and my tools/emergency gear in my saddlebag and have enough room.