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Business Segments And Geographic Information (Segment Information By Geographical Locations) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Jun. 29, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 29, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products | $ 1,031,200 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet |  | $ 1,130,600 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,834,300 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,571,700 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,032,300 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet |  | $ 1,180,300 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,631,500 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,414,200 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 5,567,681 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | [1] | $ 5,258,290 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | [1] | $ 4,942,582 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | [1]
Financial Services | 169,000 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue |  | 171,000 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 166,400 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 154,400 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 158,300 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue |  | 163,400 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 162,800 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 157,000 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 660,827 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | [1] | 641,582 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | [1] | 637,924 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | [1]
Revenue from Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,228,508 us-gaap_Revenues |  | 5,899,872 us-gaap_Revenues |  | 5,580,506 us-gaap_Revenues |
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile | 899,945 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets | [2] |  |  |  | 911,693 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets | [2] |  |  |  | 899,945 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets | [2] | 911,693 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets | [2] | 881,652 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets | [2]
United States [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,773,087 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1] | 3,562,847 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1] | 3,363,640 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1]
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 627,317 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1] | 609,574 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1] | 607,909 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [1]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile | 865,617 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [2] |  |  |  | 874,833 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [2] |  |  |  | 865,617 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [2] | 874,833 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [2] | 825,509 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | [2]
International [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile | 34,328 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_InternationalMember | [2] |  |  |  | 36,860 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_InternationalMember | [2] |  |  |  | 34,328 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_InternationalMember | [2] | 36,860 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_InternationalMember | [2] | 56,143 us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_InternationalMember | [2]
Europe [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 869,690 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1] | 769,864 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1] | 710,861 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1]
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,684 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1] | 4,274 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1] | 3,661 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | [1]
Japan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 197,792 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP | [1] | 217,700 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP | [1] | 244,907 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP | [1]
Canada [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194,422 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1] | 204,315 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1] | 186,550 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1]
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23,707 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1] | 24,486 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1] | 24,532 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | [1]
Australia [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 190,029 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AU | [1] | 193,081 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AU | [1] | 186,674 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AU | [1]
Other Foreign Countries [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Motorcycles and Related Products |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 342,661 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1] | 310,483 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1] | 249,950 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1]
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 4,119 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1] | $ 3,248 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1] | $ 1,822 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = hog_OtherForeignCountriesMember | [1]
[1] | Revenue is attributed to geographic regions based on location of customer.
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