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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Changes In Other Comprehensinve Income) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Jun. 29, 2014
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Balance, beginning of period $ (514,943)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax $ (332,676)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax $ (514,943)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 2,451us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax 465us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax  
Income tax 9,048hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax (1,671)hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax  
Net other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (6,597)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax    
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax (986)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax    
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassifications, Tax (365)hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax 3,889hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax  
Net reclassifications (621)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax    
Other comprehensive (loss) income (7,218)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax    
Balance, end of period (522,161)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (323,929)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (514,943)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Prior Service Costs [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 695us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Actuarial Losses [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax (14,670)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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= hog_ActuarialLossesMember		 [1] (10,322)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Foreign Currency Contracts [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 15,276us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember		 [2] (1,058)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Commodity Contract [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax (315)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
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Accumulated Translation Adjustment [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Balance, beginning of period   33,326us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (29,991)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
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Income tax (2,970)hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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Net other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (27,021)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
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Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassifications, Tax 0hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 0hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		  
Net reclassifications 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
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Other comprehensive (loss) income (27,021)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		    
Balance, end of period (30,503)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		   (3,482)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Balance, beginning of period   (276)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		 (700)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (106)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		 (67)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
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Income tax (39)hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		 (25)hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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Net other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (67)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
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Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		    
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassifications, Tax 0hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		 0hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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Net reclassifications 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		    
Other comprehensive (loss) income (67)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		    
Balance, end of period (767)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetUnrealizedInvestmentGainLossMember		   (700)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Balance, beginning of period   (1,680)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 19,042us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 32,548us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		  
Income tax 12,057hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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Net other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 20,491us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax (14,961)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassifications, Tax (5,542)hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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Net reclassifications (9,419)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
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Other comprehensive (loss) income 11,072us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		    
Balance, end of period 30,114us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Foreign Currency Contracts [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 15,276us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [2] (1,058)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [2]  
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Commodity Contract [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax (315)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
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= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
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Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Balance, beginning of period   (364,046)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 (529,803)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsBeforeTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		  
Income tax 0hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 0hog_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		  
Net other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		    
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 13,975us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassifications, Tax 5,177hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 3,570hog_ComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationsTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		  
Net reclassifications 8,798us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
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Other comprehensive (loss) income 8,798us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		    
Balance, end of period (521,005)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		   (529,803)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment [Member] | Prior Service Costs [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax 695us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment [Member] | Actuarial Losses [Member]      
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax $ (14,670)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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= hog_ActuarialLossesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 $ (10,322)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
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[1] Amounts reclassified are included in the computation of net periodic period cost. See Note 14 for information related to pension and postretirement benefit plans.
[2] Amounts reclassified to net income are included in Motorcycles and Related Products cost of goods sold.