The aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, Internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc.

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-Paragraph 5A

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Number 210

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 26, 2010	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 26, 2010	Oct. 24, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Maximum [Member]	Oct. 24, 2011 United States [Member] Touring And Trike Vehicles [Member]	Oct. 24, 2011 Non-United States [Member] Touring And Trike Vehicles [Member]	Oct. 24, 2011 Touring [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Product recall start date					June 6, 2008
Product recall end date					September 16, 2011
Number of products recalled								250,000	50,000	308,474
Selling, administrative and engineering expense	$ 256,735	$ 241,976	$ 759,274	$ 720,755		$ 10,000	$ 12,000