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Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Shares authorized 800,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Common stock stated value per share $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Common shares outstanding 211,877,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 219,960,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
Stock repurchased 9,300,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired  
Weighted-average cost per share repurchased $ 66us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare  
Stock repurchase program, covenant percentage 1.00%hog_StockRepurchaseProgramCovenantPercentage  
Preferred stock shares authorized 2,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized  
Preferred stock stated value per share $ 1.00us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Preferred stock, shares outstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding  
Treasury stock, shares, acquired from employees 200,000hog_Treasurystocksharesacquiredfromemployees  
2007 Authorization [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchase authorization value 0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
/ us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis
= hog_TwoThousandAndSevenAuthorizationMember
 
2014 Authorization [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchase authorization value 0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
/ us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis
= hog_A2014AuthorizationMember