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I am no expert, just someone that has messed with this kind of stuff for a long time.
In general it does help, you are minimizing the area that air and moisture can attack the metal of the gas tank. But now here in the US it's hard to find fuel without ethanol and ethanol loves to attract moisture. So I don't know if that advice is as relevant as it once was.
The fuel system on this Goldwing was very old and after decades all bets are off. Old fuel is going to do damage no matter what. If you are thinking in the range of weeks or a few months a full tank is better, if you are looking into the range of a year or more, I actually believe draining the system totally is the better option.amd then storing it in an area with limited exposure to the elements.