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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
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The Company has a qualified pension plan and postretirement healthcare benefit plans. The plans cover certain eligible employees and retirees of the HDMC segment. The Company also has unfunded supplemental employee retirement plan agreements (SERPA) with certain employees. Service cost is allocated among Selling, administrative and engineering expense, Motorcycles and related products cost of goods sold and Inventories, net. Amounts capitalized in inventory are not significant. Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit (income) cost are presented in Other income, net. Components of net periodic benefit (income) cost for the Company's defined benefit plans were as follows (in thousands):
 Three months endedNine months ended
September 30,
2025		September 30,
2024		September 30,
2025		September 30,
2024
Pension and SERPA Benefits:
Service cost$963 $1,175 $2,889 $3,525 
Interest cost20,501 20,118 61,505 60,355 
Expected return on plan assets(32,799)(33,143)(98,397)(99,429)
Amortization of unrecognized:
Prior service cost
380 188 1,140 564 
Net gain
(174)(163)(522)(489)
Special retirement benefit cost
— — — 1,722 
Net periodic benefit income$(11,129)$(11,825)$(33,385)$(33,752)
Postretirement Healthcare Benefits:
Service cost$643 $723 $1,929 $2,169 
Interest cost2,618 2,694 7,854 8,082 
Expected return on plan assets(4,675)(4,424)(14,025)(13,272)
Amortization of unrecognized:
Prior service cost
149 149 447 447 
Net gain
(1,369)(1,250)(4,107)(3,750)
Net periodic benefit income$(2,634)$(2,108)$(7,902)$(6,324)
There are no required or planned voluntary qualified pension plan contributions for 2025. The Company expects it will continue to make ongoing benefit payments under the SERPA and postretirement healthcare plans.