Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity.

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Segment Reporting (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating segments \| segment									5
Number of reportable segments \| segment									4
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,217,789	$ 1,185,067	$ 1,130,777	$ 982,996	$ 1,105,618	$ 1,456,000	$ 1,124,327	$ 1,033,345	$ 4,516,629	$ 4,719,290	$ 4,479,648
Gross profit	$ 312,772	$ 260,770	$ 284,503	$ 247,578	$ 310,274	$ 415,623	$ 319,414	$ 293,731	1,105,623	1,339,042	1,319,178
Operating Segments [Member] \| Off Road Vehicles / Snowmobiles Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									3,357,496	3,708,933	3,741,154
Gross profit									930,181	1,190,630	1,206,553
Operating Segments [Member] \| Motorcycles Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									708,497	698,257	418,546
Gross profit									91,401	97,261	54,427
Operating Segments [Member] \| Global Adjacent Markets Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									341,937	312,100	319,948
Gross profit									95,149	84,211	88,797
Operating Segments [Member] \| Other Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									108,699	0	0
Gross profit									19,842	0	0
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gross profit									$ (30,950)	$ (33,060)	$ (30,599)