Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue:
Motorcycles and related products	$ 5,258,290	[1]	$ 4,942,582	[1]	$ 4,662,264	[1]
Financial services	641,582	[1]	637,924	[1]	649,449	[1]
Total revenue	5,899,872		5,580,506		5,311,713
Costs and expenses:
Motorcycles and related products cost of goods sold	3,395,918		3,222,394		3,106,288
Financial services interest expense	165,491		195,990		229,492
Financial services provision for credit losses	60,008		22,239		17,031
Selling, administrative and engineering expense	1,126,884		1,111,232		1,060,943
Restructuring (benefit) expense and asset impairment	(2,131)		28,475		67,992
Total costs and expenses	4,746,170		4,580,330		4,481,746
Operating income	1,153,702		1,000,176		829,967
Investment income	5,859		7,369		7,963
Interest expense	45,256		46,033		45,266
Income before provision for income taxes	1,114,305		961,512		792,664
Provision for income taxes	380,312		337,587		244,586
Income from continuing operations	733,993		623,925		548,078
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	0		0		51,036
Net income	$ 733,993		$ 623,925		$ 599,114
Earnings per common share from continuing operations:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 3.30		$ 2.75		$ 2.35
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 3.28		$ 2.72		$ 2.33
Earnings per common share from discontinued operations:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00		$ 0.00		$ 0.22
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00		$ 0.00		$ 0.22
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 3.30		$ 2.75		$ 2.57
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 3.28		$ 2.72		$ 2.55
Cash dividends per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.840		$ 0.620		$ 0.475

[1] Revenue is attributed to geographic regions based on location of customer.