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Cash Flows Between Transferror and Transferee, Not Accounted For As A Sale, Proceeds From New Transfers, Net Issuance Costs

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Cash Flows Between Transferror and Transferee, Transfers on Finance Receivables

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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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This is the amount of the financial instruments that are considered delinquent (past due) at the end of the period.

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Net credit losses are charge-offs and are based on total loans outstanding during the period.

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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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Amount of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction, at the date of derecognition.

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Carrying amount of financial assets accounted for as secured borrowings recognized in the transferor's statement of financial position at the end of each period presented.

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Asset-Backed Financing - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2021 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 25, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from securitization debt	$ 597,411,000	$ 522,694,000
Servicing and ancillary fees		100,000
Current unpaid balance - Off-balance sheet retail motorcycle finance receivables		27,400,000
Delinquent unpaid balance - Off-balance sheet serviced retail motorcycle finance receivables		700,000
Credit losses, net of recoveries - Off-balance sheet serviced retail motorcycle finance receivables		10,000.00
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
Off-balance sheet asset-backed securitization VIE repurchase							$ 27,400,000
Asset-backed securitization 1 \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Amount transferred to receivables		580,200,000
Transfers on finance receivables	663,100,000
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		$ 300,000,000.0
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
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Consolidated VIEs \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Amount transferred to receivables	0	195,300,000
Proceeds from transfer of finance receivables	600,000,000.0	163,600,000
Proceeds from transfer of finance receivables, net of discount and issuance costs	$ 597,400,000	522,700,000
Length of option	4 years
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Unconsolidated VIEs \| Global credit facility borrowings
Variable Interest Entity
Amount transferred to receivables	$ 0	77,900,000
Proceeds from transfer of finance receivables		61,600,000
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 220,000,000.0
Length of option	4 years
VIE, maximum loss exposure, amount	$ 17,800,000
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed securitization 2 \| Consolidated VIEs \| Asset-backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from securitization debt	$ 0	$ 0
Secured Debt \| Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE, Combined Facilities \| Consolidated VIEs \| U.S. Line of Credit
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity						900,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity						$ 300,000,000.0
Secured Debt \| Asset-backed securitization 1 \| Consolidated VIEs \| Asset-backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables
Variable Interest Entity
Secured notes issued					$ 525,000,000.0