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Asset-Backed Financing (Narrative) (Detail) |  | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Mar. 29, 2015 Secured Notes Through One Term Asset-backed Securitization Transaction [Member] Secured Debt [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 29, 2015 Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 30, 2014 Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 29, 2015 Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] CAD | Mar. 29, 2015 Line of Credit [Member] Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 30, 2014 Line of Credit [Member] Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 29, 2015 Third-party Bank [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE [Member] SPEs [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Third-party Bank [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE [Member] SPEs [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 30, 2014 Third-party Bank [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE [Member] SPEs [Member] USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Company issued secured notes | $ 700,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_SecuredNotesThroughOneTermAssetbackedSecuritizationTransactionMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity |  |  |  | 200,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember |  |  | 600,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedU.S.CommercialPaperConduitFacilityVIEMember / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = hog_ThirdpartyBankMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowings outstanding under conduit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedU.S.CommercialPaperConduitFacilityVIEMember / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = hog_ThirdpartyBankMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedU.S.CommercialPaperConduitFacilityVIEMember / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = hog_ThirdpartyBankMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedU.S.CommercialPaperConduitFacilityVIEMember / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = hog_ThirdpartyBankMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Variable Interest Entity, Reporting Entity Involvement, Maximum Loss Exposure, Amount |  | 24,700,000 us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Acquired During Period, Contractually Required Payments Receivable at Acquisition |  | 19,200,000 hog_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivedatAcquisition / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | 15,700,000 hog_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivedatAcquisition / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Proceeds from New Transfers |  |  |  |  | $ 16,800,000 us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransfereeAndTransferorProceedsFromNewTransfers / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember | $ 13,800,000 us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransfereeAndTransferorProceedsFromNewTransfers / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember |  |  |

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- Definition Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Acquired During Period, Contractually Required Payments Received at Acquisition + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 20, 22 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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