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Business Segments (Information By Strategic Business Units) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2015 | Mar. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Motorcycles net revenue | $ 1,510,570 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 1,571,688 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Selling, administrative and engineering expense | 277,749 us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | 276,421 us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Financial Services revenue | 162,375 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue | 154,360 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue
Operating income | 410,118 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 410,882 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Motorcycles [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Motorcycles net revenue | 1,510,570 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember | 1,571,688 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember
Gross profit | 590,275 us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember | 592,131 us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember
Selling, administrative and engineering expense | 244,821 us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember | 244,439 us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember
Operating income | 345,454 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember | 347,692 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_MotorcyclesMember
Financial Services [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Financial Services revenue | 162,375 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember | 154,360 us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember
Financial services expense | 97,711 us-gaap_FinancialServicesCosts / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember | 91,170 us-gaap_FinancialServicesCosts / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember
Operating income | $ 64,664 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember | $ 63,190 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = hog_FinancialServicesMember

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- Definition The aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, Internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 4 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 330 -SubTopic 10 -Section 30 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34747878&loc=d3e3636-108311 + Details
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