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Finance Receivables (Changes In Allowance For Credit Losses On Finance Receivables) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 25, 2016 | Sep. 27, 2015 | Sep. 25, 2016 | Sep. 27, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  |  | $ 147,178 | $ 127,364 |
Provision for credit losses | $ 36,543 | $ 27,233 | 97,127 | 68,655 |
Charge-offs | (35,749) | (30,203) | (101,853) | (83,939) |
Recoveries | 9,369 | 9,122 | 32,355 | 33,303 |
Other |  |  | (3,291) |  |
Balance, end of period | 171,516 | 145,383 | 171,516 | 145,383 |
Current unpaid balance - off-balance sheet retail motorcycle finance receivables | 262,583 | 0 | 262,583 | 0 | $ 0
Current unpaid balance - on-balance sheet retail motorcycle finance receivables | 6,017,065 | 6,039,011 | 6,017,065 | 6,039,011 | $ 5,843,352
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | Term asset-backed securitization debt |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Principal balance of finance receivable | 301,800 |  | 301,800 |  |
Retail |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  |  | 139,320 | 122,025 |
Provision for credit losses | 38,143 | 28,309 | 98,230 | 67,742 |
Charge-offs | (35,749) | (30,203) | (101,853) | (83,939) |
Recoveries | 9,369 | 9,122 | 32,355 | 33,303 |
Other |  |  | (3,291) |  |
Balance, end of period | 164,761 | 139,131 | 164,761 | 139,131 |
Wholesale |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  |  | 7,858 | 5,339 |
Provision for credit losses | (1,600) | (1,076) | (1,103) | 913 |
Charge-offs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recoveries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other |  |  | 0 |  |
Balance, end of period | $ 6,755 | $ 6,252 | $ 6,755 | $ 6,252 |

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- Definition Principal amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=d3e107314-111719 + Details
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