Business Segments And Geographic Information (Segment Information By Geographical Locations) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 27, 2015	Jun. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 28, 2014	Jun. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products		$ 1,007,100	$ 1,140,300	$ 1,650,800	$ 1,510,600	$ 1,031,200	$ 1,130,600	$ 1,834,300	$ 1,571,700	$ 5,308,744	[1]	$ 5,567,681	[1]	$ 5,258,290	[1]
Financial Services		173,600	$ 177,100	$ 173,600	$ 162,400	169,000	$ 171,000	$ 166,400	$ 154,400	686,658	[1]	660,827	[1]	641,582	[1]
Revenue from Financial Services										5,995,402		6,228,508		5,899,872
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[2]	942,418				899,945				942,418		899,945		911,693
United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									3,768,069		3,773,087		3,562,847
Financial Services	[1]									656,888		627,317		609,574
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[2]	915,509				865,617				915,509		865,617		874,833
International [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[2]	$ 26,909				$ 34,328				26,909		34,328		36,860
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									728,198		869,690		769,864
Financial Services	[1]									5,373		5,684		4,274
Japan [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									162,675		197,792		217,700
Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									178,042		194,422		204,315
Financial Services	[1]									21,180		23,707		24,486
Australia [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									165,854		190,029		193,081
Other Foreign Countries [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Motorcycles and Related Products	[1]									305,906		342,661		310,483
Financial Services	[1]									$ 3,217		$ 4,119		$ 3,248

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

[2] Long-lived assets include all long-term assets except those specifically excluded under ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” such as deferred income taxes and finance receivables.