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Proceeds From Issuance Of Secured Debt, Gross

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Amount of contractually specified servicing fee, late fee, and ancillary fee recognized as income for servicing asset and servicing liability.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash inflow from amounts received from issuance of long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes proceeds from tax exempt secured debt.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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The reporting entity's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

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Asset-Backed Financing - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2019 CAD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from securitization debt			$ 1,021,353,000	$ 0
Current unpaid balance - Off-balance sheet retail motorcycle finance receivables			43,938,000	93,147,000			$ 79,613,000
Servicing and ancillary fees			$ 500,000	$ 900,000
Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity
Principal balance of finance receivable		$ 301,800,000
Gain on sale of finance receivable		9,300,000
Cash proceeds from sale of financial asset		$ 312,600,000
Secured Debt \| Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE, Facility One \| Consolidated VIEs \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity								$ 600,000,000.0
Secured Debt \| Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE, Facility Two \| Consolidated VIEs \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity								$ 300,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity						$ 300,000,000.0
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Consolidated VIEs \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Length of option			5 years
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Unconsolidated VIEs \| Foreign Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 220,000,000.0
Length of option			5 years
VIE, maximum loss exposure, amount			$ 119,400,000
Asset-backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables \| Secured Debt \| Asset Backed Securitization 1 \| Consolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity
Secured notes issued	$ 500,000,000.0
Proceeds from securitization debt	498,700,000
Asset-backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables \| Secured Debt \| Asset Backed Securitization 2 \| Consolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity
Secured notes issued	525,000,000.0
Proceeds from securitization debt	$ 522,600,000