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Asset-Backed Financing (Narrative) (Detail)
3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
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 $ 700,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= hog_SecuredNotesThroughOneTermAssetbackedSecuritizationTransactionMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
               
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity       200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
    600,000,000us-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             0us-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
0us-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
0us-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   24,700,000us-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   19,200,000hog_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivedatAcquisition
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= hog_AssetBackedCanadianCommercialPaperConduitFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
15,700,000hog_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivedatAcquisition
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityNotPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
           
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Proceeds from New Transfers         $ 16,800,000us-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
$ 13,800,000us-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