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Asset-Backed Financing (Schedule Of Assets And Liabilities Of Variable Interest Entities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Financing Receivable [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | $ 1,643,701 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember | $ 1,773,210 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember
Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 1,458,602 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 1,569,118 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 185,099 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 204,092 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Allowance for Credit Loss [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Associated Liabilities, Carrying Amount | (35,121)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember | (35,139)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember
Allowance for Credit Loss [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Associated Liabilities, Carrying Amount | (32,156)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | (31,778)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Allowance for Credit Loss [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Associated Liabilities, Carrying Amount | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Allowance for Credit Loss [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Associated Liabilities, Carrying Amount | (2,965)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | (3,361)us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssociatedLiabilitiesCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AllowanceforCreditLossMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Restricted Cash [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 122,052 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember | 144,807 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember
Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 110,017 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 133,053 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 12,035 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 11,754 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_RestrictedCashMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Other Assets [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 3,671 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember | 4,738 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember
Other Assets [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 2,987 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 3,720 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Other Assets [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 422 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 429 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Other Assets [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 262 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 589 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Assets, Total [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 1,734,303 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember | 1,887,616 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember
Assets, Total [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 1,539,450 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 1,674,113 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Assets, Total [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 422 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 429 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Assets, Total [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 194,431 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 213,074 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_AssetsTotalMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Asset-Backed Debt [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 1,438,445 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember | 1,430,873 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember
Asset-Backed Debt [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 1,271,533 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 1,256,632 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Asset-Backed Debt [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedUSCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Asset-Backed Debt [Member] | Asset-backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount | $ 166,912 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | $ 174,241 us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount / us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = hog_AssetBackedDebtMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember

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