Teri TX, it's interesting that you came up with that idea, if I understand it correctly it's almost exactly what Royce Creasy (of Voyager fame in the UK) seems to have discovered.
Take a look at a photo of his 'fat jogger' which has what appears to be rope or wire taped across the front of the fairing which he later incorporated into the bodywork, described as 'explicit separation features'. Specifically designed to disrupt the airflow to improve the 'indifference' to sidewinds.
Photo of 'fat jogger' -
http://bikeweb.com/files/images/royce-578.preview.jpg